Hoplophractis is a genus of moths of the family Brachodidae. There is only one species in this genus: Hoplophractis heptachalca, that is a dayflying moth known from Óbidos, Pará, Brazil and from Trinidad & Tobago.
Hoplophractis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Brachodidae |
Genus: | Hoplophractis Meyrick, 1920 |
Species: | H. heptachalca
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Binomial name | |
Hoplophractis heptachalca |
Its wingspan is 11–12 mm and it is on wing from August to October.[2][3]
Biology
editKnown host plant of this species is Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae).[4]