Penicillifera apicalis

Penicillifera apicalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Bombycidae
Genus: Penicillifera
Species:
P. apicalis
Binomial name
Penicillifera apicalis
(Walker, 1862)
Synonyms
  • Dasychira apicalis Walker, 1862
  • Dasychira signifera Walker, 1862
  • Ocinara signifera (Walker, 1862)

Penicillifera apicalis, the Oriental white silk-moth is a moth of the family Bombycidae first described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found from the north-eastern parts of the Himalaya to Sundaland and the Philippines.

References

  • Holloway, Jeremy Daniel. " Penicillifera apicalis Walker". The Moths of Borneo. Retrieved January 11, 2019.



This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.