Antarches tessmanni

Antarches tessmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Antarches
Species: A. tessmanni
Binomial name
Antarches tessmanni
(Strand, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Megalorhipida tessmanni
  • Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913
  • Oxyptilus aquessei Bigot, 1964
  • Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964)
  • Antarches luqueti Gibeaux, 1994[2]

Antarches tessmanni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, South Africa, Uganda, Cameroon and Zimbabwe.

The larvae feed on Cinchona pubescens. Ghana

References

  1. ↑ "Antarches tessmanni". Afro Moths. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  2. ↑ "On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)". E-library. Retrieved 4 April 2011.


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