Patagonophorus

Patagonophorus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Subfamily: Pterophorinae
Genus: Patagonophorus
Gielis, 1991
Species: P. murinus
Binomial name
Patagonophorus murinus
Gielis, 1991

Patagonophorus is a genus of moth in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Patagonophorus murinus, which is known from Argentina[1] and Chile.

The wingspan is 15‑18.5 mm. The forewings are brown‑grey mixed with white scales. The hindwings and grey‑brown and the fringes are brown‑grey. Adults are on wing from mid-November to mid-February.[2]

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