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Megalorhipida dulcis

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Species of plume moth

Megalorhipida dulcis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 Lantana urticifolia and Lantana glandulissimus. Moths of this species take flight in November and have a wingspan of about 11 millimetres (0.43 in).

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).
Taxon identifiers
Megalorhipida dulcis


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