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Capperia raptor

Species of plume moth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Capperia raptor is a species of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Canada and the US (including Colorado and Indiana).[2]

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Capperia raptor
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Capperia
Species:
C. raptor
Binomial name
Capperia raptor
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oxyptilus raptor Meyrick, 1908
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Description

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The abdomen is brown mixed with dark fuscous. The forewings are ferruginous-fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the cleft.[3]

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