Procapperia pelecyntes

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Procapperia pelecyntes
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Procapperia
Species:
P. pelecyntes
Binomial name
Procapperia pelecyntes
(Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus pelecyntesMeyrick, 1908

Procapperia pelecyntes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Kyushu), China, India and Sri Lanka.

The length of the forewings is 7–8 mm. Adults emerge from May to November in Japan.

The larvae feed on Scutellaria indica .