Pterophorus elaeopus

Pterophorus elaeopus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. elaeopus
Binomial name
Pterophorus elaeopus
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Alucita elaeopa Meyrick, 1908
  • Pterophorus elaeopa

Pterophorus elaeopus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family, native to Asia.

It is found in India,[1] China[2] Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia.[3]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm.

References

  1. ↑ A Check-List Of Microlepidoptera Of India (Part-I: Family Pterophoridae) Archived 2010-12-17 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ New Recorded Species of Pterophoridae from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ On The Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Of Vietnam Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine.


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