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Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)

Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)
Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)

About Plume Moth (Pterophoridae sp)

  • Kingdom: Animals
  • Phylum: Arthropods
  • Class: Insects
  • Order: Butterflies and Moths
  • Family: Plume Moths

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".

Source: Wikipedia

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