Patagonophorus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Tribe: | Pterophorini |
| Genus: | Patagonophorus Gielis, 1991 |
| Species: | P. murinus
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| Binomial name | |
| Patagonophorus murinus Gielis, 1991
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Patagonophorus is a genus of moth in the family Pterophoridae containing only one species, Patagonophorus murinus, which is known from Argentina[1] and Chile.
The wingspan is 15‑18.5 mm. The forewings are brown‑grey mixed with white scales. The hindwings and grey‑brown and the fringes are brown‑grey. Adults are on wing from mid-November to mid-February.[2]
References
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Patagonophorus murinus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
- ^ Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)
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