Heptaloba tanglong is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by Petr Ya. Ustjuzhanin and Vasily N. Kovtunovich in 2010. It is found in Vietnam.[2] The habitat consists of long-boled forest with the predominance of Lagerstroemia species and various legumes, including Afzelia xylocarpa.
| Heptaloba tanglong | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Heptaloba |
| Species: | H. tanglong
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| Binomial name | |
| Heptaloba tanglong Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2010[1]
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The wingspan is about 15 mm.
References
edit- ^ Hobern, Donald (5 May 2023). "Family Pterophoridae". Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "On the Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) of Vietnam". Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
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