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Palpifer sexnotatus

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Palpifer sexnotatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Palpifer
Species:
P. sexnotatus
Binomial name
Palpifer sexnotatus
(Moore, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus sexnotatus Moore, 1879
  • Gorgopis niphonica Butler, 1879
  • Palpifer ronin Pfitzner, 1912
  • Palpifer sexnotaius Pfitzner, 1912

Palpifer sexnotatus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in India and Japan. Food plants for the species include Amorphophallus and Colocasia.

References

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  1. ^ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.