Melanoptilia arsenica

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Melanoptilia arsenica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Melanoptilia
Species:
M. arsenica
Binomial name
Melanoptilia arsenica
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia arsenicaMeyrick, 1921

Melanoptilia arsenica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Peru.

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. Adults are on wing in March.