Protaphreutis borboniella ( BOISDUVAL, 1833 )

Bippus, Maik, 2016, New or poorly known Microlepidoptera from the Mascarenes (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae, Bedellidae, Batrachedridae, Carposinidae, Epermeniidae, Gelechiidae, Tineidae, Tortricidae), Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 66 (2), pp. 347-370 : 367

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.66.2.347-370.1910

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5463453

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CA46282A-EE12-0973-D753-1682FB76026C

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Protaphreutis borboniella ( BOISDUVAL, 1833 )
status

 

Protaphreutis borboniella ( BOISDUVAL, 1833) View in CoL

1 male from larva on 07-iii-2016, slide RE-2513. Locality: La Réunion, La Possession, alt. 400 m .

Distribution: La Réunion, Madagascar, Mauritius.

Wingspan: 13 mm; adult (plate 9, figs 43, 45).

Biology: This species is a refusal feeder. Its larvae (fig. 44) was found in a deposit of a mixture of dog hairs, plant seeds, dust, earth and dead leaves.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Tineidae

Genus

Protaphreutis

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