Pterophorus leucadactylus

Pterophorus leucadactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Sri Lanka, Sumba, New Guinea,[1] India, China, Taiwan, Malaya, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, the Philippines, Micronesia, the Bismarck Islands, the Solomon Islands, Australia[2] and Vietnam.[3]

Pterophorus leucadactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. leucadactylus
Binomial name
Pterophorus leucadactylus
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Aciptilus leucadactylus Walker, 1864
  • Pterophorus maolanensis Li, 2002

References
  1. Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
  2. Checklist of Hong Kong Fauna (selected groups)
  3. On The Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Of Vietnam Archived 2011-10-01 at the Wayback Machine


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