en Pselnophorus albitarsella

Pselnophorus albitarsella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Pselnophorus
Species:	P. albitarsella
Binomial name
	Pselnophorus albitarsella; (Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
	Alucita albitarsella Walsingham, 1900; Pselnophorus albitarsellus;

Pselnophorus albitarsella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India.^[1]

The larvae are white with a few long hairs scattered about the body. They burrow into the shoots of a common jungle plant. Pupation takes place in a pupa which is suspended by the tail from the underside of a leaf.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pselnophorus albitarsellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
^ "Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 7 July 2011. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pselnophorus albitarsellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.

[2] "Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 7 July 2011. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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