Biology:Antarches tessmanni

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Short description: Species of moth

Antarches tessmanni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Antarches
Species:
A. tessmanni
Binomial name
Antarches tessmanni
(Strand, 1912)[1]
Synonyms
  • Megalorhipida tessmanni
  • Oxyptilus tessmanni Strand, 1913
  • Oxyptilus aquessei Bigot, 1964
  • Antarches aguessei (Bigot, 1964)
  • Antarches luqueti Gibeaux, 1994[2]

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13378174 entry