| Leptodeuterocopus fortunatus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Leptodeuterocopus |
| Species: | L. fortunatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Leptodeuterocopus fortunatus (Meyrick, 1921) | |
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Leptodeuterocopus fortunatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil.
The wingspan is about 12 millimetres (0.47 in). Adults are on wing in December.
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