Pterophorus elaeopus

{{short description|Species of plume moth}}

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| taxon = Pterophorus elaeopus

| authority = (Meyrick, 1908)

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• Alucita elaeopa Meyrick, 1908
• Pterophorus elaeopa

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Pterophorus elaeopus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, native to Asia.

It is found in India,[http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Family%20Pterophoridae.pdf A Check-List Of Microlepidoptera Of India (Part-I: Family Pterophoridae)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217064934/http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Family%20Pterophoridae.pdf |date=2010-12-17 }} China[http://scdwzz.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=199&mid=1174 New Recorded Species of Pterophoridae from China (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826191848/http://scdwzz.com.cn/viewmulu_en.aspx?qi_id=199&mid=1174 |date=2011-08-26 }} Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Indonesia.[http://www.bgpu.ru/azj/distributor.jsp?tom=2&nomer=3&article=2 On The Plume Moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) Of Vietnam] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001023608/http://www.bgpu.ru/azj/distributor.jsp?tom=2&nomer=3&article=2 |date=2011-10-01 }}

The wingspan is 18–21 mm.