Intercapperia
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Intercapperia is a genus of moth
in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Intercapperia scindia, which is only known from the Scinde Valley in Kashmir
. The wingspan
is 16–20 mm (0.62992125984252–0.78740157480315 ). Adults have been recorded from June to August.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
in the Pterophoridae family containing only one species, Intercapperia scindia, which is only known from the Scinde Valley in Kashmir
Kashmir
Kashmir is the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent. Until the mid-19th century, the term Kashmir geographically denoted only the valley between the Great Himalayas and the Pir Panjal mountain range...
. The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 16–20 mm (0.62992125984252–0.78740157480315 ). Adults have been recorded from June to August.