Hoplophractis
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Genus of moths
| Hoplophractis | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Brachodidae |
| Genus: | Hoplophractis Meyrick, 1920 |
| Species: | H. heptachalca
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| Binomial name | |
| Hoplophractis heptachalca | |
Hoplophractis is a genus of moths of the family Brachodidae. There is only one species in this genus: Hoplophractis heptachalca, that is a dayflying moth known from Óbidos, Pará, Brazil and from Trinidad & Tobago.
Its wingspan is 11–12 mm and it is on wing from August to October.[2] [3]
Biology
[edit ]Known host plant of this species is Clidemia hirta (Melastomataceae).[4]