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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