Pterophorus pentadactyla (Linnaeus, 1758)
(White Plume, White Plume Moth)

Interactions where Pterophorus pentadactyla is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Ligeria angusticornis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Ligeria angusticornis/Ligeria angusticornisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Pterophorus pentadactyla/Pterophorus pentadactylawhite plume, white plume mothlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Actia pilipennis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Actia pilipennis/Actia pilipennisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Pterophoridae/Pterophorus pentadactyla/Pterophorus pentadactylawhite plume, white plume mothlarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesPterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth)
GenusPterophorus (a genus of plume moths)
SubfamilyPTEROPHORINAE (a subfamily of moths)
FamilyPTEROPHORIDAE (plume moths)
SuperfamilyPTEROPHOROIDEA (plume moths)
CladeApoditrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth)

Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Pterophorus pentadactyla (White Plume, White Plume Moth)
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