Ptochaula
Appearance
Ptochaula | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Immidae |
Genus: | Ptochaula Meyrick, 1920 |
Species: | P. niphadopa
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Binomial name | |
Ptochaula niphadopa Meyrick, 1920
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Ptochaula niphadopa is a moth in the family Immidae and the sole species in genus Ptochaula. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in India (Assam).[1]
The wingspan is about 17 mm for males and 23 mm for females. The forewings are dark fuscous with a whitish dot on the end of the cell, smaller in females. The hindwings are blackish-fuscous.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Ptochaula at funet.fi.
- ^ Exotic Microlep. 2 (11): 325
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