Nippoptilia spinosa
| Nippoptilia spinosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Nippoptilia |
| Species: | N. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Nippoptilia spinosa Yano, 1963
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Nippoptilia spinosa is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Papua New Guinea.[1]
The length of the forewings is about 7.2 millimetres (0.28 in) for females and 7.5 millimetres (0.30 in) for males.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ C. Gielis, Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Koji Yano. "Notes On South Pacific Pterophoridae" (PDF). 5 (4). Bishop Museum: 849–871.
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