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Catapterix tianshanica

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Species of moth

Catapterix tianshanica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acanthopteroctetidae
Genus: Catapterix
Species: C. tianshanica
Binomial name
Catapterix tianshanica
Mey & Rutjan, 2016

Catapterix tianshanica is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae, currently known only from a single adult male specimen collected in Kyrgyzstan. Its host plants are unknown.

Description

Catapterix tianshanica has a wingspan of 7 mm, with narrow wings that end in a pointy tip. Forewings are light brown and less pale than the grey-brown hindwings. It resembles Catapterix crimaea, from which it differs by the shape of the head capsules, the presence of lamellar scales near the eyes, and the exact shape of the genitalia.

References

  1. "Catapterix tianshanica Mey & Rutjan, 2016". zoobank.org. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ Mey, Wolfram; Rutjan, Evgeniy (28 September 2016). "Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. – the second species of the genus from the Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Acanthopteroctetidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (2): 145–150. doi:10.3897/nl.39.9882. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Catapterix tianshanica


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