Biology:Acalyptris limoniastri

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Short description: Species of moth

Acalyptris limoniastri
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. limoniastri
Binomial name
Acalyptris limoniastri
van Nieukerken & Hull, 2007

Acalyptris limoniastri is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the northern borders of the Sahara in Algeria and Tunisia.

The wingspan is 5.5โ€“6.6 mm.

The immature stages are unknown. The species was collected in 1904 from bushes of Limoniastrum guyonianum, they are also found on Limoniastrum monopetalum.[1] These also had mines, which probably belong to this species. These mines consist of a narrow gallery following the leaf margin upwards and down again along other the side. The frass is concentrated in narrow midline.

References

  1. โ†‘ Debouba, Mohamed; Zouari, Sami; Zouari, Nacim (September 2013). "Evaluation of Antioxidant Status of Two Limoniastrum Species Growing Wild in Tunisian Salty Lands". Antioxidants 2 (3): 122โ€“131. doi:10.3390/antiox2030122. PMID 26784341. 

Wikidata ☰ Q4671769 entry