Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Lepidoptera > Pterophoridae > Megalorhipida > Megalorhipida leucodactylusMegalorhipida leucodactylus (Spiderling Plume Moth)Synonyms: Aciptilia hawaiiensis (heterotypic); Megalophipida defectalis (heterotypic); Megalorhipida adelphodes; Megalorhipida centeles; Megalorhipida compsochares; Megalorhipida congrualis; Megalorhipida defectalis; Megalorhipida derelictus; Megalorhipida hawaiiensis; Megalorhipida ochreodactylus; Megalorhipida oxydactylus; Megalorhipida palaestinensis (heterotypic); Megalorhipida ralumensis; Megalorrhipida defectalis (heterotypic); Megalorrhipida leucodactyla (homotypic); Megalorrhipida leucodactyle; Pterophorus congrualis (heterotypic); Pterophorus defectalis (heterotypic); Pterophorus leucodactylus (homotypic); Pterophorus oxydactylus (heterotypic); Trichoptilus adelphodes; Trichoptilus centetes (heterotypic); Trichoptilus compsochares (heterotypic); Trichoptilus derelictus (heterotypic); Trichoptilus ochrodactylus (heterotypic); Trichoptilus ralumensis; Trichoptilus ramulensis (heterotypic) Megalorhipida leucodactyla is a species of moth of the Pterophoridae family that has a pantropical distribution. The larvae have been recorded on a wide range of plants, including Boerhavia diffusa, Okenia hypogaea, Acacia neovernicosa, Amaranthus, Mimosa tenuiflora and Commicarpus tuberosus. |
| Wing Span [1] | 0.591 inches (.015 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera), C. Gielis, Zool. Med. Leiden 80 (2006) ♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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