Capperia raptor

Capperia raptor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Capperia
Species:	C. raptor
Binomial name
	Capperia raptor; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Oxyptilus raptor Meyrick, 1908;

Capperia raptor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Colorado, Indiana and Canada.^[2]

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The abdomen is brown mixed with dark fuscous. The forewings are ferruginous-fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the cleft.^[3]

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[1] Capperia at funet

[2] On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)

[3] Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America

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