Leptodeuterocopus neales
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Species:
L. neales
Binomial name
Leptodeuterocopus neales
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus neales Walsingham, 1915
  • Oxyptilus maleficus Meyrick, 1926

Leptodeuterocopus neales is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Adults are on wing in April, May, August, September, October, November and December.[2]

References

  1. Matthews, Deborah L.; Gielis, Cees (December 2004). "LEPTODEUTEROCOPUS NEALES: A NEW RECORD FOR FLORIDA AND THE UNITED STATES (LEPIDOPTERA: PTEROPHORIDAE: DEUTEROCOPINAE)". Florida Entomologist. 87 (4): 621–622. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0621:LNANRF]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0015-4040.
  2. Matthews, Deborah L.; Gielis, Cees (December 2004). "Leptodeuterocopus neales: A New Record for Florida and the United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Deuterocopinae)". Florida Entomologist. 87 (4): 621–622. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0621:LNANRF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86110110.


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