Pselnophorus vilis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Tanega-shima, Yaku-shima), Amur, Korea and China.

Pselnophorus vilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Pselnophorus
Species:	P. vilis
Binomial name
Pselnophorus vilis (Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
Aciptilus vilis Butler, 1881 Aciptilia amurensis Christoph, 1882

The wingspan is 14–17 millimetres (0.55–0.67 in)[1] and the length of the forewings is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in).

The larvae feed on Ligularia fisheri, Ligularia tussilaginea and Petasites japonicus. When feeding on Ligularia tussilaginea, the larva usually eats the leaf from the upper surface and the lower epidermis is left untouched. Rarely, the larva eats the leaf from the under surface. The pupa is usually attached to the upper surface of a leaf. When feeding on Ligularia fisheri, the larva eats the leaf from the upper or under surface and eats large patches, here the epidermis is not left.

References

External links

• Taxonomic And Biological Studies Of Pterophoridae Of Japan (Lepidoptera)
• Japanese Moths

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pselnophorus vilis.

Wikispecies has information related to Pselnophorus vilis.

This article on a moth of the family Pterophoridae is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e