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Deuterocopus albipunctatus

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Deuterocopus albipunctatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Deuterocopus
Species:
D. albipunctatus
Binomial name
Deuterocopus albipunctatus

Deuterocopus albipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910. It is known from Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yaku-shima), Korea and China.

The length of the forewings is about 7 mm.

The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa, Vitis thunbergii and Vitis vinifera. The pupal period is 8–10 days in September and October. This species spends the winter in the adult stage.

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