Psittacastis cocae

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

Psittacastis cocae
Scientific 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

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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