Psittacastis cocae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. August Busck described it in 1931. It is found in Peru.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Psittacastis |
| Species: | P. cocae
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| Binomial name | |
| Psittacastis cocae (Busck, 1931)
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The larvae feed on the leaves of Erythroxylon coca.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Psittacastis Meyrick, 1909" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
- ^ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 33 (3): 60