Pterophorus albidus
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Pterophorus |
| Species: | P. albidus |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterophorus albidus (Zeller, 1852) | |
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Pterophorus albidus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is distributed in Africa, south and south-east Asia, including New Guinea and Australia, as well as Japan (Kyushu) and the Ryukyu Islands (Tokuno-shima, Okinoerabu-jima, Okinawa).
The length of the forewings is 8–10 mm. The species is characterized by the faint yellow colour.
Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea nil.
References
External links
- Taxonomic And Biological Studies Of Pterophoridae Of Japan (Lepidoptera)
- Australian Faunal Directory
- Australian Insects
- Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
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