Megalorhipida tessmanni

Megalorhipida tessmanni
Megalorhipida tessmanni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Megalorhipida
Species: M. tessmanni
Binomial name
Megalorhipida tessmanni
(Strand, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913
  • Oxyptilus aquessei Bigot, 1964
  • Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964)
  • Antarches luqueti Gibeaux, 1994[2]

Megalorhipida tessmanni is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Equatorial Guinea, South Africa, Cameroon and Madagascar.

The larvae feed on Cinchona pubescens.

References

  1. ^ Afro Moths
  2. ^ On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)
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