Sphenarches anisodactylus

Distribution. Pantropical. In The Bahamas, known from New Providence Island and previously reported from North Andros (Matthews et al. 2012).

Sumber: Additions to the plume moth fauna of The Bahamas (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) with description of four new species

Host: Larvae feed on Cajanus cajan, flowers and pods of Lablab purpureus, flowers of Vigna unguiculata, Phaseolus vulgaris (Fabaceae); Thalia geniculata (Marantaceae); L udwigia adscendens (Onagraceae); flower buds of Clerodendrum viscosum (Verbenaceae) (Robinson et al. 2001); Fletcher (1909) also reported Dolichos lablab (Fabaceae), Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae). Other recorded hostplants include Caperonia regales, C. castaneifolia (Euphorbiaceae), Thalia geniculata L. (Marantaceae), Centratherum punctatum, Eupatorium betonicaeforme (Asteraceae), Cajanus bicolor, Mimosa pudica (Fabaceae), Lagenaria leucantha var. clavata, L. siceraria, L. leucantha var. gourda, L. vulgaris, Curcubita pepo, Luffa aegyptiaca (Cucurbitaceae), Pelargonium sp., Geranium maculatum (Geraniaceae), Hibiscus mutabilis, Theobroma cacao (Malvaceae), Passiflora foetida (Passifloraceae), Antirrhinum majus (Plantaginaceae), Lantana camara (Verbenaceae), Averrhoe bilimbi, Biophytum sensitivum (Oxalidaceae), and Brillantaisia lamium (Acanthaceae). Illustrations: Wing venation and genitalia (Gielis 1993: figs 105, 166, 229).

Sumber: Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India

Distribution: India (Andaman Island, Bihar, Chad, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Meghalaya, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh), Australia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Bismarck Islands, Bonin Island, Brazil, Cameroun, China, Ivory Coast, Dominica, Ethiopia, Fiji Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guinea, Indonesia, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Nigeria, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Reunion Island, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, St. Thomas, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga Islands, U. S. A., Vietnam, Virgin Islands, Zaire.

Sumber: Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India

Distribution: Rep. S. Africa, Cameroon, Seychelles, Reunion Isl., Kenya, Tanzania, Congo, The Gambia, Guenea, Nigeria, Tchad, Malawi, Swaziland, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Madagascar, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Panama, Virgin Isl., Bahamas, St. Thomas, Puerto Rico, Peru, Paraguay, Fiji Isl., New Gebrids, Tonga Isl., New Caledonia, Palau, Bonin Isl., Guam, Nepal, Japan, China, Sri Lanka, India, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Solomon Isl., New Guinea, Bismarck Isl., Australia (Gielis 2003). Notes. During an examination of the type specimen of Platyptilia pygmaeana Strand, 1913 it was found that the latter belongs to Sphenarches anisodactylus. This synonymy was first mentioned by Chr. Gibeaux on the identification label of the type specimen but we didn’t find any mentions of this fact in literature.

Sumber: Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)

Distribution. China (Hong Kong, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Shandong, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Sichuan, Yunnan, Taiwan), cosmopolitan.

Sumber: Microlepidoptera of Hong Kong: Checklist of Pterophoridae, with description of one new species (Insecta, Lepidoptera)