Palpifer
| Palpifer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Palpifer Hampson, 1893 |
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Palpifer is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae. There are 10 described species found in south and east Asia and parts of Mexico.
Species
- Palpifer falkneri - Nepal
- Palpifer hopponis - Taiwan
- Palpifer madurensis - Madura
- Palpifer murinus - India
- Food plant: Colocasia
- Palpifer pellicia - India
- Palpifer sexnotatus - India/Japan
- Recorded food plants: Amorphophallus, Colocasia
- Palpifer sordida - Java
- Recorded food plants: Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Dioscorea
- Palpifer taprobanus - Sri Lanka
- Palpifer tavoyanus - Myanmar
- Palpifer umbrinus - India