Lioptilodes parafuscicostatus

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Lioptilodes parafuscicostatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Lioptilodes
Species:
L. parafuscicostatus
Binomial name
Lioptilodes parafuscicostatus
Gielis, 1996

Lioptilodes parafuscicostatus is a species of moth in the genus Lioptilodes known from Ecuador and possibly Peru. Moths of this species have a wingspan of approximately 23.5 millimetres. The species closely resembles its sister taxon, Lioptilodes fuscicostata. [1]

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References

  1. Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).