Sphenarches nanellus
Species of plume moth
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Sphenarches nanellus is a species of moth in the genus Sphenarches known from Brazil and Peru. The host plant for the species is Eupatorium betonicaeforme. Moths of this species take flight in March, May, and December and have a wingspan of approximately 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in).[1]
| Sphenarches nanellus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Sphenarches |
| Species: | S. nanellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sphenarches nanellus (Walker, 1864) | |
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