Deuterocopus albipunctatus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. The species was described by Thomas Bainbrigge Fletcher in 1910. It is known from Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Tsushima, Yaku-shima), Korea and China.
| Deuterocopus albipunctatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Deuterocopus |
| Species: | D. albipunctatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Deuterocopus albipunctatus T. B. Fletcher, 1910
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The length of the forewings is about 7 mm.
The larvae feed on Ampelopsis glandulosa, Vitis thunbergii and Vitis vinifera. The pupal period is 8–10 days in September and October. This species spends the winter in the adult stage.
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