Biology:Capperia raptor
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Short description: Species of plume moth
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Capperia |
| Species: | C. raptor
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| Capperia raptor (Meyrick, 1908)[1]
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Capperia raptor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Colorado, Indiana and Canada .[2]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The abdomen is brown mixed with dark fuscous. The forewings are ferruginous-fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the cleft.[3]
References
- ↑ Capperia at funet
- ↑ "On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae)". http://biostor.org/reference/1353.text.
- ↑ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5036173 entry
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