Alucita toxophila

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Alucita toxophila
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Alucitidae
Genus: Alucita
Species:
A. toxophila
Binomial name
Alucita toxophila
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Orneodes toxophilaMeyrick, 1906

Alucita toxophila is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It is found in Sri Lanka. [1]

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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 toxophila". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum.