Pterophorus rhyparias

Pterophorus rhyparias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Pterophorus
Species:	P. rhyparias
Binomial name
	Pterophorus rhyparias; (Meyrick, 1908)
Synonyms
	Alucita rhypariasMeyrick, 1908; Alucita centrocratesMeyrick, 1933; Pterophorus vietteiBigot, 1964;

Last updated August 30, 2025

Pterophorus rhyparias is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.

Distribution

It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Yemen, Uganda, Malawi and Zimbabwe.^[2]

References

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[1] Afro Moths

[2] Kovtunovich, Ustejuzhanin & Murphy, 2014.Plume moths of Malawi (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae). Zootaxa 3847 (4): 451–494 (11 Aug. 2014)(abstract)

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