Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus

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Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Species:
L. hipparchus
Binomial name
Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Deuterocopus hipparchus Meyrick, 1921

Leptodeuterocopus hipparchus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Brazil and Venezuela.

The wingspan is 11โ€“14 millimetres (0.43โ€“0.55 in). Adults are on wing in June and October.

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  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80โ€“2 (1).



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