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Stenoptilodes heppneri

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Stenoptilodes heppneri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Stenoptilodes
Species:
S. heppneri
Binomial name
Stenoptilodes heppneri
Gielis, 2006

Stenoptilodes heppneri is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Venezuela.

The wingspan is about 17 millimetres (0.67 in). Adults are on wing in January.

Etymology

The species is named after its collector, a promoter of the research of Lepidoptera, Dr J.B. Heppner.

  • Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).
  • Data related to Stenoptilodes heppneri at Wikispecies