Buckleria

Buckleria
Buckleria vanderwolfi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Tribe: Oxyptilini
Genus: Buckleria
Tutt, 1905
Type species
Pterophorus paludum
Zeller, 1841

Buckleria is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae. Caterpillars of this genus feed on Drosera leaves.[1]

Species

References

  1. ^ a b Osaki, Haruka; Tagawa, Kazuki (2020-05-05). "Life on a deadly trap: Buckleria paludum, a specialist herbivore of carnivorous sundew plants, licks mucilage from glands for defense". Entomological Science. 23 (2). Wiley: 227–230. doi:10.1111/ens.12419. ISSN 1343-8786.