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Pleuroptya ruralis Scopoli (Mother Of Pearl Moth)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Pleuroptya ruralis Imago 29 July 2005 Berks England 1
Pleuroptya ruralis 16 July 2004 Berks England 1

Suggested Literature

General Works

Davies, A.J., 1986 Multiparasitism of Pleuroptya ruralis (Scopoli) (Lep., Pyralidae) by Nemorilla floralis Fall. and Phryxe nemea (Meig.) (Dipt., Tachinidae)

Pleuroptya ruralis may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PYRALOIDEA
(grass and meal moths)
PYRALIDAE
(grass and meal moths)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Pleuroptya ruralis:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Meigenia mutabilis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Hamm, A.H., 1942
Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pseudoperichaeta nigrolineata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Nemorilla floralis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Pleuroptya ruralis may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
PYRALIDAE
(grass and meal moths)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)
Hamm, A.H., 1942 Records of Tachinidae (Dipt.) chiefly from the Oxford district

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