Leptodeuterocopus neales

Leptodeuterocopus neales
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Species: L. neales
Binomial name
Leptodeuterocopus neales
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus neales Walsingham, 1915
  • Oxyptilus maleficus Meyrick, 1926

Leptodeuterocopus neales is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Adults are on wing in April, May, August, September, October, November and December.

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