Alucita phricodes

Alucita phricodes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Alucitidae
Genus:Alucita
Species: A. phricodes
Binomial name
Alucita phricodes
Lower, 1893

Alucita phricodes is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found from the Atherton Tableland in Queensland to Batemans Bay in New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

The larvae feed on the buds and flowers of Pandorea jasminoides and Pandorea pandorana.[1]

References

  1. Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (November 2, 2010). "Alucita phricodes". uts.edu.au. Retrieved 2010-11-07.



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