Deuterocopus socotranus
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Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907, Natural History Museum specimen NHMUK 010919180 | |
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Family: | Pterophoridae
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Species: | D. socotranus
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Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
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Deuterocopus socotranus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Japan and through south-east Asia to New Guinea and Australia, where it is found from Townsville to Brisbane in Queensland. It is also present in Africa (including Nigeria and Malawi), Oman and Jemen.
The wingspan is about 20 mm. The wings are orange, with multiple lobes.
Larvae have been recorded on , Vitis quadrangularis, and Cayratia trifolia.
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Categories:
- Moths of Australia
- Deuterocopinae
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Japan
- Fauna of Somalia
- Invertebrates of the Arabian Peninsula
- Moths of Africa
- Moths described in 1907
- Pterophoridae stubs