Alucita pterochroma

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Alucita pterochroma
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. pterochroma
Binomial name
Alucita pterochroma
(J. F. G. Clarke, 1986)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes pterochromaJ. F. G. Clarke, 1986

Alucita pterochroma is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by John Frederick Gates Clarke in 1986. It is found on the Marquesas Archipelago in French Polynesia. [1]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and there are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

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References

  1. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Alucita pterochroma". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 25, 2018.


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