Alucita proseni

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Alucita proseni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. proseni
Binomial name
Alucita proseni
(Pastrana, 1951)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes proseniPastrana, 1951

Alucita proseni is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Argentina, [1] specifically the province of Jujuy.

The larvae possibly feed on the Tecoma species of shrub. [2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Alucita proseni". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 25, 2018.
  2. Vargas, H.A., 2011: A New Species of Alucita L. (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) from Northern Chile. Neotropical Entomology40 (1): 85-88. Full article: