Deuterocopus socotranus
| Deuterocopus socotranus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Deuterocopus |
| Species: | D. socotranus |
| Binomial name | |
| Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907 | |
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Deuterocopus socotranus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Japan and through south-east Asia to New Guinea and Australia, where it is found from Townsville to Brisbane in Queensland. It is also present in Africa (including Nigeria & Malawi), Oman and Jemen.
Caterpillar
Pupa
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The wings are orange, with multiple lobes.
Larvae have been recorded on Vitis lanata, Vitis quadrangularis, Vitis quinquangularis and Cayratia trifolia.
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