Alucita phricodes

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Alucita phricodes
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. phricodes
Binomial name
Alucita phricodes
Meyrick, 1886

Alucita phricodes is a species of moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found from the Atherton Tableland in Queensland to Batemans Bay in New South Wales.

The wingspan is about 10 mm.

The larvae feed on the buds and flowers of Pandorea jasminoides and Pandorea pandorana.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (November 2, 2010). "Alucita phricodes". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved 2010-11-07.



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