Nippoptilia rutteni

Nippoptilia rutteni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Nippoptilia
Species:	N. rutteni
Binomial name
*Nippoptilia rutteni* Gielis, 2003

Nippoptilia rutteni is a species of moth in the genus Nippoptilia, known from New Guinea. Moths in this species have a wingspan of approximately 13 millimetres (0.51 in). The specific name "rutteni" refers to microlepidopterist Dr. A.L.M. Rutten.^[1]

References

↑ Review of the Pterophoridae from New Guinea, with descriptions of eight new species (Lepidoptera)

Moths in the Nippoptilia genus

Nippoptilia cinctipedalis Nippoptilia distigmata Nippoptilia issikii Nippoptilia philippensis Nippoptilia pullum Nippoptilia rutteni Nippoptilia spinosa Nippoptilia vitis

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