Melanoptilia arsenica

Melanoptilia arsenica
Melanoptilia arsenica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Melanoptilia
Species: M. arsenica
Binomial name
Melanoptilia arsenica
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia arsenica Meyrick, 1921

Melanoptilia arsenica is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica and Peru.

The wingspan is 16-17 mm. Adults are on wing in March.

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