Buckleria parvulus

Buckleria parvulus, the sundew plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was first described by William Barnes and Arthur Ward Lindsey in 1965 from Archbold Biological Station, Florida. It is found in the south-eastern United States, including Florida, North Carolina,[2] Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas.

Buckleria parvulus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Buckleria
Species:
B. parvulus
Binomial name
Buckleria parvulus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus parvulus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Its average wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in).

The larvae feed on Drosera brevifolia, Drosera intermedia and Drosera filiformis. They feed on the glandular trichomes, leaves and flowers of their host plant.[3] They first ingest the sticky fluid at the tips and then clear away a patch of these hairs before feeding on the rest of the leaf. They will also eat dead insects trapped by the leaves. Pupation takes place on the inflorescence stalks or on nearby blades of grass. The pupa is light green at first, changing to yellowish tan and brown.[4]

References
  1. "460072.00 – 6098 – Buckleria parvulus – Sundew Plume Moth – (Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  2. "Species Buckleria parvulus - Sundew Plume Moth - Hodges#6098". BugGuide. Retrieved June 13, 2019.
  3. "Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida" (PDF). Plume Moth. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
  4. "The Sundew Plume Moth, Buckleria parvulus (Barnes & Lindsey) (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Plume Moth. Retrieved 23 June 2011.


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