Palaeopsyche
Palaeopsyche | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Epipyropidae |
Genus: | Palaeopsyche Perkins, 1905 |
Species: | P. melanias |
Binomial name | |
Palaeopsyche melanias Perkins, 1905 | |
Palaeopsyche is a genus of moths in the Epipyropidae family. It consists of only one species Palaeopsyche melanias, which is found in the wet tropics of Queensland.[1]
The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm. The forewings are purple-tinged dull black. The hindwings are greyish tinged dark fuscous.[2]
The larvae feed on leaf hoppers of the Fulgoroidea superfamily.
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