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Picardia orchatias

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Species of plume moth

Picardia orchatias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Picardia
Species: P. orchatias
Binomial name
Picardia orchatias
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus orchatias Meyrick, 1908
  • Pterophorus imerinae Bigot, 1964

Picardia orchatias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Madagascar and South Africa. This species has a wingspan of 23mm

References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.24-Jan-2017)
  2. Gibeaux, 1994. Faune de Madagascar - Pterophoridae, p.121
Taxon identifiers
Picardia orchatias


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