Stockophorus

Stockophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Tribe:Platyptiliini
Genus:Stockophorus
Gielis, 1993
Species: S. charitopa
Binomial name
Stockophorus charitopa
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia charitopa Meyrick, 1908

Stockophorus charitopa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae and the only member of the genus Stockophorus. It is known from Bolivia.[1]

The wingspan is about 14 mm. Adults are on wing in September.

References

  1. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).


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