Biology:Antarches tessmanni
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Short description: Species of moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Antarches |
| Species: | A. tessmanni
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| Binomial name | |
| Antarches tessmanni (Strand, 1912)[1]
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Antarches tessmanni is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Cameroon, Comoros, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Madagascar , Malawi, Mauritius, Réunion, South Africa , Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
The larvae feed on Cinchona pubescens (Rubiaceae).
References
- ↑ "Antarches tessmanni". Afro Moths. http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/OXYPTESS. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ↑ "On the fauna of the plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of KwaZulu Natal province (South-African Republic)". E-library. https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=15534689. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
Wikidata ☰ Q13378174 entry
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