Psittacastis cocae

Psittacastis cocae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Psittacastis
Species:
P. cocae
Binomial name
Psittacastis cocae
(Busck, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Eucleodora cocae Busck, 1931

Psittacastis cocae is a moth in the family Depressariidae. August Busck described it in 1931. It is found in Peru.[1]

The larvae feed on the leaves of Erythroxylon coca.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Psittacastis Meyrick, 1909" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ^ Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 33 (3): 60


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