Capperia raptor

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| image = Capperia raptor.jpg

| genus = Capperia

| species = raptor

| authority = (Meyrick, 1908)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/capperia/index.html Capperia at funet]

| synonyms = * Oxyptilus raptor Meyrick, 1908

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Capperia raptor is a species of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Canada and the US (including Colorado and Indiana).{{Cite web |url=http://biostor.org/reference/1353.text |title=On the Systematics and Origin of the Generic Group oxyptilus Zeller (Lep. Alucitidae) |access-date=2011-06-20 |archive-date=2012-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025012038/http://biostor.org/reference/1353.text |url-status=dead }}

Description

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The abdomen is brown mixed with dark fuscous. The forewings are ferruginous-fuscous, irrorated (speckled) with dark fuscous. There is a small dark fuscous spot on the base of the cleft.[https://archive.org/stream/contributionston414barn/contributionston414barn_djvu.txt Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America] {{PD-notice}}

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