Leptodeuterocopus neales

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Superfamilia: Pterophoroidea

Familia: Pterophoridae
Subfamilia: Deuterocopinae
Genus: Leptodeuterocopus
Species: Leptodeuterocopus neales
Name

Leptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915)

Type locality: Mexico, Tabasco, Teapa.

Holotype: BMNH. male.
Synonyms

Oxyptilus neales Walsingham, 1915
Oxyptilus maleficus Meyrick, 1926 (synonymized by Gielis 2006: 22)

References

Gielis, C., 2003: World Catalogue of Insects Volume 4, Pterophoroidea & Alucitoidea (Lepidoptera).
Gielis, C., 2006: Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deutero- copinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera).. Zoologische Mededelingen 80-2 (1): 1–290. Full article: [1]

Leptodeuterocopus neales is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, Suriname, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela. It has recently been recorded from Florida.[1]

The wingspan is about 13 millimetres (0.51 in). Adults are on wing in April, May, August, September, October, November and December.[2]
References

https://bioone.org/journals/Florida-Entomologist/volume-87/issue-4/0015-4040(2004)087[0621:LNANRF]2.0.CO;2/LEPTODEUTEROCOPUS-NEALES--A-NEW-RECORD-FOR-FLORIDA-AND-THE/10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0621:LNANRF]2.0.CO;2.full
Matthews, Deborah L.; Gielis, Cees (December 2004). "Leptodeuterocopus neales: A New Record for Florida and the United States (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae: Deuterocopinae)". Florida Entomologist. 87 (4): 621–622. doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0621:LNANRF]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86110110.