Megalorhipida leucodactyla

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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|genus = Megalorhipida

|species = leucodactyla

|authority = (Fabricius, 1793)

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• Megalorrhipida leucodactylus
• Megalorhipida leucodactylus
• Pterophorus leucodactylus Fabricius, 1793
• Pterophorus defectalis Walker, 1864
• Megalorhipida defectalis (Walker, 1864)
• Pterophorus congrualis Walker, 1864
• Pterophorus oxydactyla Walker, 1864
• Aciptilia hawaiiensis Butler, 1881
• Trichoptilus ochrodactyla Fish, 1881
• Trichoptilus centetes Meyrick, 1886
• Trichoptilus compsochares Meyrick, 1886
• Trichoptilus adelphodes Meyrick, 1887
• Trichoptilus ralumensis Pagenstecher, 1900
• Trichoptilus derelictus Meyrick, 1926
• Megalorrhipida palaestinensis Amsel, 1935
• Megalorrhipida palästinensis Amsel, 1935

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Megalorhipida leucodactyla is a species of moth of the family Pterophoridae that has a pantropical distribution.

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The larvae have been recorded on a wide range of plants, including Boerhavia diffusa, Okenia hypogaea, Acacia neovernicosa, Amaranthus, Mimosa tenuiflora and Commicarpus tuberosus.[http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/149128 A synopsis of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador]