Megalorhipida dulcis

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Megalorhipida dulcis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Megalorhipida
Species:
M. dulcis
Binomial name
Megalorhipida dulcis
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Trichoptilus zonites Walsingham, 1915

Megalorhipida dulcis is a species of moth in the genus Megalorhipida known from Belize, Costa Rica, and Mexico. Its host plants are and . Moths of this species take flight in November and have a wingspan of about 11 millimetres (0.43 in).[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).


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