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Apophatus parvus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Palaephatidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Apophatus

Apophatus parvus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. It is found in the Valdivian forest zone of southern Chile.

The length of the forewings is about 3.8 mm for males and about 4 mm for females. Adults have uniformly fuscous wings. They are on wing in February in one generation per year.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from Latin parvus (meaning little) and refers to the small size of this species.

References

Apophatus parvus Wikipedia