Nyx viscachensis

Nyx viscachensis
Nyx viscachensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Nyx
Species: N. viscachensis
Binomial name
Nyx viscachensis
Beeche, 1998

Nyx viscachensis is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from Chile, where it was discovered at Cerro Viscachas, Region Metropolitana, Provincia de Chacabuco, at elevations between 1,400 and 1,700 meters.[1]

The larvae feed on Puya coerulea.

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