Acalyptris terrificus
| Acalyptris terrificus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Acalyptris |
| Species: | A. terrificus
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| Binomial name | |
| Acalyptris terrificus Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, 2009[1]
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Acalyptris terrificus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae.[2][3] It is only known from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.[3]
The wingspan is about 4.2 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December. The habitat consists of secondary forests.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Šimkevičiūtė, Agnė; Stonis, Jonas R. & Diškus, Arūnas (2009). "Taxonomic checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the description of three new species from the Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera)". Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 19 (4): 268–277 [275]. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acalyptris terrificus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ a b Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Vargas, Sergio A. & Solis, M. Alma (2020). "Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas". Zootaxa. 4748 (2): 201–247 [239]. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.2.1.
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