Biology:Deuterocopus socotranus

Short description: Species of plume moth

Deuterocopus socotranus
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907, Natural History Museum specimen NHMUK 010919180
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Deuterocopus
Species:	D. socotranus
Binomial name
Deuterocopus socotranus Rebel, 1907
Synonyms
Deuterocopus jacksoni Walsingham (nomen nudum) Deuterocopus mathewi Walsingham (nomen nudum) Deuterocopus viticola Meyrick, 1911 Deuterocopus triannulatus Meyrick, 1913 Deuterocopus henrioti Bigot & Boireau, 2006

Deuterocopus socotranus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found from India and Sri Lanka to Taiwan and Japan and through south-east Asia to New Guinea and Australia , where it is found from Townsville to Brisbane in Queensland. It is also present in Africa (including Nigeria and Malawi), Oman and Yemen.

Caterpillar

Pupa

The wingspan is about 20 mm. The wings are orange, with multiple lobes.

Larvae have been recorded on Vitis lanata, Vitis quadrangularis, Vitis quinquangularis and Cayratia trifolia.

External links

• Moths of Australia
• Australian Insects
• Japanese Moths
• Pterophoridae from Nigeria
• Trin Wiki

Wikidata ☰ Q5266237 entry