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Megalorhipida tessmanni

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Species of moth

Megalorhipida tessmanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Megalorhipida
Species: M. tessmanni
Binomial name
Megalorhipida tessmanni
(Strand, 1913)
Synonyms
  • Antarches tessmanni
  • Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913
  • Oxyptilus aquessei Bigot, 1964
  • Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964)
  • Antarches luqueti Gibeaux, 1994

Megalorhipida tessmanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae).


References

  1. Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  2. "On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)". E-library. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
Taxon identifiers
Antarches tessmanni


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