Pselnophorus albitarsella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India.[1]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Pselnophorus |
Species: | P. albitarsella
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Binomial name | |
Pselnophorus albitarsella (Walsingham, 1900)
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The larvae are white with a few long hairs scattered about the body. They burrow into the shoots of a common jungle plant. Pupation takes place in a pupa which is suspended by the tail from the underside of a leaf.[2]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pselnophorus albitarsellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ "Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 7 July 2011. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.