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Pterophorus furcatalis

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Pterophorus furcatalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. furcatalis
Binomial name
Pterophorus furcatalis
(Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aciptilus furcatalis Walker, 1864

Pterophorus furcatalis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and legs are white. The thorax is pale fuscous irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous, but the anterior margin is broadly white. The abdomen is white, with a central longitudinal fuscous stripe. The forewings are light fuscous irrorated with dark fuscous. The hindwings and cilia are snow-white.[2]

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