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Pterophorus rhyparias

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Species of plume moth

Pterophorus rhyparias
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. rhyparias
Binomial name
Pterophorus rhyparias
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Alucita rhyparias Meyrick, 1908
  • Alucita centrocrates Meyrick, 1933
  • Pterophorus viettei Bigot, 1964

Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Distribution

It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe.

References

  1. Afro Moths
  2. Kovtunovich, Ustejuzhanin & Murphy, 2014.Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3847 (4): 451–494 (11 Aug. 2014)(abstract)
Taxon identifiers
Pterophorus rhyparias


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