Pterophorus spissa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pterophorus |
Species: | P. spissa |
Binomial name | |
Pterophorus spissa (Bigot, 1969) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Pterophorus spissa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana and Nigeria.
The forewings are pure white with small black spots at the inner margin of both lobes. The fringes show a distinct black and white pattern.
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