Capperia raptor

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Capperia raptor
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species:
C. raptor
Binomial name
Capperia raptor
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
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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