Pselnophorus albitarsella | |
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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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Pselnophorus albitarsella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India.[1]
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]