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Nyx viscachensis

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Nyx viscachensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Nyx
Species:
N. viscachensis
Binomial name
Nyx viscachensis
Beeche, 1998

Nyx viscachensis is a moth of the family Choreutidae. It is known from Chile, where it was discovered at Cerro Viscachas, Region Metropolitana, Chacabuco Province, at elevations between 1,400 and 1,700 meters.[1]

The larvae feed on Puya coerulea.

References

  1. ^ "choreutidae.lifedesks.org". choreutidae.lifedesks.org. Retrieved 2011-12-19.


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