Gypsochares bigoti

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Gypsochares bigoti
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Gypsochares
Species:
G. bigoti
Binomial name
Gypsochares bigoti
Gibeaux & Nel, 1989 [1]

Gypsochares bigoti is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that can be found in France, Portugal and Spain.

The larvae feed on Helichrysum stoechas . [2]

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