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African Archaic Sun Moth

Acanthopteroctetes nepticuloides

Acanthopteroctetes nepticuloides is a species of moth in the family Acanthopteroctetidae. It is found in South Africa, the first species of its genus to be found in Africa. Its host plant is possibly from the genus Phylica.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 646524.