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Horehound Plume Moth
Wheeleria spilodactylus
Wheeleria spilodactylus (the horehound plume moth) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is endemic to South-Western and Central Europe and the Mediterranean, Asia Minor and North Africa. It has been introduced to Australia as a biocontrol agent for Marrubium vulgare.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 360327.