Procapperia pelecyntes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Procapperia |
| Species: | P. pelecyntes
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| Procapperia pelecyntes (Meyrick, 1908)
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Procapperia pelecyntes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Kyushu), China, India and Sri Lanka.
The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. Adults emerge from May to November in Japan.
The larvae feed on . They usually eat on the under surface of a leaf, and pupate on the stem very near the soil level or rarely on the under surface of a leaf. The pupa directs downwards.
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Categories:
- Oxyptilini
- Moths of Asia
- Moths of Japan
- Moths described in 1908
- Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
- Pterophoridae stubs