Pterophorus albidus

Pterophorus albidus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is distributed in Africa, south and south-east Asia, including New Guinea and Australia, as well as Japan (Kyushu) and the Ryukyu Islands (Tokunoshima, Okinoerabujima, Okinawa).

Pterophorus albidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species:
P. albidus
Binomial name
Pterophorus albidus
(Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
  • Aciptilia albidus Zeller, 1852
  • Alucita endogramma Meyrick, 1922
  • Aciptilia endogramma
  • Alucita endophaea Meyrick 1930
  • Pterophorus endophaea (Meyrick 1930) [1]
  • Pterophorus suffiata Yano 1963
  • Aciptilia suffiata

The length of the forewings is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). The species is characterized by the faint yellow colour.

Larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea nil.

References
  1. Gielis, C., 2002. On the identity of Alucita endophaea Meyrick, 1930 (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 109(4):797
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