Pselnophorus albitarsella

Pselnophorus albitarsella is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in India.[1]

Pselnophorus albitarsella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pselnophorus
Species:
P. albitarsella
Binomial name
Pselnophorus albitarsella
(Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Alucita albitarsella Walsingham, 1900
  • Pselnophorus albitarsellus

The larvae are white with a few long hairs scattered about the body. They burrow into the shoots of a common jungle plant. Pupation takes place in a pupa which is suspended by the tail from the underside of a leaf.[2]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pselnophorus albitarsellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
  2. "Life-histories of Indian insects: Microlepidoptera". Retrieved 7 July 2011.


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