Biology:Leptodeuterocopus neales

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Leptodeuterocopus neales
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Species:
L. neales
Binomial name
Leptodeuterocopus neales
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus neales Walsingham, 1915
  • Oxyptilus maleficus Meyrick, 1926

Leptodeuterocopus neales is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Adults are on wing in April, May, August, September, October, November and December.[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6528080 entry