Marasmarcha bonaespei

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Marasmarcha bonaespei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Marasmarcha
Species:
M. bonaespei
Binomial name
Marasmarcha bonaespei
(Walsingham, 1881) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lioptilus bonaespeiWalsingham, 1881
  • Pterophorus veraxMeyrick, 1909
  • Marasmarcha verax(Meyrick, 1909) [2]

Marasmarcha bonaespei is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Namibia and South Africa.

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