Sphenarches bilineatus | |
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Scientific classification | |
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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