Pterophorus ceraunia

Pterophorus ceraunia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pterophorus
Species: P. ceraunia
Binomial name
Pterophorus ceraunia
(Bigot, 1969)[1]
Synonyms
  • Aciptilia ceraunia Bigot, 1969

Pterophorus ceraunia is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

It is mostly white with distinct black fringe markings.

The larvae feed on Merremia hederacea and Oldenlandia corymbosa.

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