Sphenarches
Sign in to saveSphenarches is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with pantropical climates, and are also found in Japan and southern Canada. Host plants for the genus are Dolichos lablab, Lagenaria leucantha clavata, and L. leucantha gourda.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 13
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Collections
- SAM, ZMUC, GUAM
- Recorded in
- South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Guam
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Pterophoridae
- Image
- Sphenarches anisodactylus - Geranium Plume Moth.jpg
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- Sphenarches
- has host
- Lagenaria siceraria
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Sphenarches is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Species in this genus are distributed in regions with pantropical climates, and are also found in Japan and southern Canada. Host plants for the genus are Dolichos lablab, Lagenaria leucantha clavata, and L. leucantha gourda.
==Species== Sphenarches anisodactylus (syn: Sphenarches synophrys (type)) Sphenarches bilineatus Yano, 1963 Sphenarches bifurcatus Sphenarches caffer (Zeller, 1852) Sphenarches cafferoides Gibeaux, 1996 Sphenarches nanellus Sphenarches ontario (McDunnough, 1927) Sphenarches zanclistes (Meyrick, 1905)
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