Picardia eparches

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Picardia eparches
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Picardia
Species:
P. eparches
Binomial name
Picardia eparches
(Meyrick, 1931) [1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus eparchesMeyrick, 1931

Picardia eparches is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Kenya and Uganda.

The wingspan is 20–25 mm. [2]

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References

  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Picardia eparches (Meyrick, 1931)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Pterophoridae-Fauna Kenyas (Lepidoptera)