Pterophorus rhyparias

Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Pterophorus rhyparias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. rhyparias
Binomial name
Pterophorus rhyparias
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita rhyparias Meyrick, 1908
  • Alucita centrocrates Meyrick, 1933
  • Pterophorus viettei Bigot, 1964

Distribution

It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe.[2]

The species is characterized by the pale ochreous-white colour with some small black dots along the costa and dorsum of both forewing lobes. The colour of the species ranges from grey-white to pale ochreous-white. The number of dots on the forewing may be reduced.

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


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