Ptochaula

Ptochaula
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Ptochaula
Meyrick, 1920
Species: P. niphadopa
Binomial name
Ptochaula niphadopa
Meyrick, 1920

Ptochaula niphadopa is a moth in the Immidae family 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]

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