Deuterocopus melanota

Deuterocopus melanota is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910 and it is found in Malaysia[1] and Sri Lanka.

Deuterocopus melanota
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pterophoridae
Genus:
Deuterocopus
Species:
D. melanota
Binomial name
Deuterocopus melanota
Synonyms
  • Deuterocopus lophopteryx T. B. Fletcher, 1910

References
  • Fletcher, T. Bainbrigge (July 19, 1910). "On the genus Deuterocopus, Zeller". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London: 113 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Deuterocopus melanotus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018. Note: This source spells the specific name differently than the original description.


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