Michaelophorus shafferi

Michaelophorus shafferi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Michaelophorus
Species:	M. shafferi
Binomial name
	Michaelophorus shafferi; Gielis, 1999

Michaelophorus shafferi is a species of moth in the genus Michaelophorus, known from Brazil. Moths in this species take flight in April, and have a wingspan of about 9 millimetres (0.35 in).^[1]

References

^ Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)

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[1] Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)

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