Palpifer murinus

Palpifer murinus is a moth of the family Hepialidae. It is found in India. The food plant for this species is Colocasia.

Palpifer murinus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukarya
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hepialidae
Genus:
Palpifer
Species:
P. murinus
Binomial name
Palpifer murinus
(Moore, 1879)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hepialus murinus Moore, 1879
  • Palpifer caerulescens Swinhoe, 1894
  • Palpifer coerulescens

References
  1. Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282. S2CID 86004391.


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