Pterophorus ceraunia

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Pterophorus ceraunia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. ceraunia
Binomial name
Pterophorus ceraunia
(Bigot, 1969) [1]
Synonyms
  • Aciptilia cerauniaBigot, 1969

Pterophorus ceraunia is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It is mostly white with distinct black fringe markings.

The larvae feed on Merremia hederacea and Oldenlandia corymbosa .

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