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Deuterocopus alopecodes

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Deuterocopus alopecodes
Deuterocopus alopecodes Meyrick, 1911, syntype, Natural History Museum specimen NHMUK 010919179
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Deuterocopus
Species:
D. alopecodes
Binomial name
Deuterocopus alopecodes
Meyrick, 1911

Deuterocopus alopecodes is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in India.[1]

The wingspan is 10–11 mm. The head and thorax are ferruginous sprinkled with dark fuscous, although the latter is whitish-yellow beneath. The antennae are black, lined and dotted with white. The forewings are ferruginous, variably irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. The hindwings are dark fuscous, although the third segment is ferruginous.[2]

The larvae have been found on a vine species and this is presumed to be the host plant.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Deuterocopus alopecodes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "Descriptions of Indian Micro-lepidoptera" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2011-07-07. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera