Deuterocopus planeta

Deuterocopus planeta
Deuterocopus planeta Meyrick, 1908, syntype, Natural History Museum specimen NHMUK 010919176
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Deuterocopus
Species:
D. planeta
Binomial name
Deuterocopus planeta
Meyrick, 1908
Synonyms
  • Deuterocopus torridus Meyrick, 1913

Deuterocopus planeta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India, through south-east Asia and the Indonesian Archipelago.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm.

The larvae have been recorded feeding on the flowers of Leea sambucina.[2]

References

  1. ^ Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ On the genus Deuterocopus, Zeller
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