Capperia raptor
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Capperia |
Species: | C. raptor
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Capperia raptor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Colorado, Indiana and Canada.[2]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The abdomen is brown mixed with dark fuscous. The forewings are ferruginous-fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the cleft.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Capperia at funet
- ^ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-06-20.
- ^ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
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