Pselnophorus albitarsella

Pselnophorus albitarsella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Pselnophorus
Species: P. albitarsella
Binomial name
Pselnophorus albitarsella
(Walsingham, 1900)
Synonyms
  • Alucita albitarsella Walsingham, 1900
  • Pselnophorus albitarsellus

Pselnophorus albitarsella is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is found in India.[1]

The larvae are white with a few long hairs scattered about the body. They burrow into the shoots of a common jungle plant. Pupation takes place in a pupa which is suspended by the tail from the underside of a leaf.[2]

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