Biology:Ptochaula

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Short description: Genus of moths

Ptochaula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Immidae
Genus: Ptochaula
Meyrick, 1920
Species:
P. niphadopa
Binomial name
Ptochaula niphadopa
Meyrick, 1920

Ptochaula niphadopa is a moth in the family Immidae and the sole species in genus Ptochaula. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920. It is found in India (Assam).[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm for males and 23 mm for females. The forewings are dark fuscous with a whitish dot on the end of the cell, smaller in females. The hindwings are blackish-fuscous.[2]

References

  1. Ptochaula at funet.fi.
  2. Exotic Microlep. 2 (11): 325 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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