| Acalyptris lascuevella | |
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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. lascuevella |
| Binomial name | |
| Acalyptris lascuevella Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 | |
Acalyptris lascuevella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is probably widely distributed in subtropical and tropical regions of Central America. Currently, it is known from Belize (Maya Mountains: Las Cuevas) and Mexico (the Pacific Coast in the Oaxaca region). The habitat consists of secondary and tropical forests.
The wingspan is about 3.4 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December in Mexico and in April in Belize.
References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acalyptris lascuevella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
- ^ 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 . doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.2.1.
- ^ 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 . doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.
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| Acalyptris lascuevella | |
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