Palpifer murinus

Palpifer murinus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Palpifer
Species: P. murinus
Binomial name
Palpifer murinus
(Moore, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus murinus Moore, 1879
  • Palpifer caerulescens Swinhoe, 1894
  • Palpifer coerulescens

Palpifer murinus is a moth of the Hepialidae family. It is found in India. The food plant for this species is Colocasia.

References

  1. Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera)


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