Megalorhipida leucodactyla

Megalorhipida leucodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Megalorhipida
Species:	M. leucodactyla
Binomial name
Megalorhipida leucodactyla (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Megalorrhipida leucodactylus Megalorhipida leucodactylus Pterophorus leucodactylusFabricius, 1793 Pterophorus defectalisWalker, 1864 Megalorhipida defectalis(Walker, 1864) Pterophorus congrualisWalker, 1864 Pterophorus oxydactylaWalker, 1864 Aciptilia hawaiiensisButler, 1881 Trichoptilus ochrodactylaFish, 1881 Trichoptilus centetesMeyrick, 1886 Trichoptilus compsocharesMeyrick, 1886 Trichoptilus adelphodesMeyrick, 1887 Trichoptilus ralumensisPagenstecher, 1900 Trichoptilus derelictusMeyrick, 1926 Megalorrhipida palaestinensisAmsel, 1935 Megalorrhipida palästinensisAmsel, 1935

Megalorhipida leucodactyla is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae that has a pantropical distribution.

The larvae have been recorded on a wide range of plants, including Boerhavia diffusa , Okenia hypogaea , Acacia neovernicosa , Amaranthus , Mimosa tenuiflora and Commicarpus tuberosus . ^[1]

References

1. A synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

External links

• Review of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines