Sphenarches bilineatus

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Sphenarches bilineatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Sphenarches
Species:
S. bilineatus
Binomial name
Sphenarches bilineatus
Yano, 1963

Sphenarches bilineatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Samoa. [1]

The length of the forewings is 7 millimetres (0.28 in) for males and 7.2 millimetres (0.28 in) for females.

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References

  1. Koji Yano. "Notes On South Pacific Pterophoridae" (PDF). pp. 849–871.