Urapteritra falcifera
Species of moth
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Urapteritra falcifera is a moth of the family Uraniidae first described by Weymer in 1892. It is found in eastern Africa and South Africa.[1]
| Urapteritra falcifera | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Uraniidae |
| Genus: | Urapteritra |
| Species: | U. falcifera |
| Binomial name | |
| Urapteritra falcifera (Weymer, 1892) | |
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The length of its body is 12 mm, length of its forewings 23 mm. The forewings are white with three brownish-yellow stripes.[2]