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Horehound Plume

Wheeleria spilodactylus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Wheeleria spilodactylus, the horehound plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, first described by John Curtis in 1827. It is found in South-Western and Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and North Africa. It has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand (in 2018 by Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research) as a biocontrol agent for white horehound (Marrubium vulgare).

Distribution

(c) Donald Hobern, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 58France · 2United Kingdom · 1