Misplaced Pages

Tabulaephorus maracandicus

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of plume moth

Tabulaephorus maracandicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Tabulaephorus
Species: T. maracandicus
Binomial name
Tabulaephorus maracandicus
Arenberger & Buchsbaum, 1998

Tabulaephorus maracandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The species was first described in 1998, by Ernst Arenberger and Ulf Buchsbaum, from two female specimens from Uzbekistan. An additional specimen was described from Tajikistan in 2001. Male genitalia were first described in 2022.

The wingspan is about 24 mm. Adults have been recorded in July.

References

  1. ^ Arenberger, E. (December 2001). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 4. Teil, mit der Beschreibung von Agdistis tigrovaja sp.n. (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 4. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Arenberger, E.; Buchsbaum, U. (October 1998). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasieii und angrenzenden Territorien. -1. Teil (Lepidoptera)," (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 1. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 66. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Taxon identifiers
Tabulaephorus maracandicus


Stub icon

This article on a moth of the family Pterophoridae is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: