Biology:Acmanthina acmanthes

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Short description: Species of moth

Acmanthina acmanthes
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Acmanthina
Species:
A. acmanthes
Binomial name
Acmanthina acmanthes
(Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
  • Peronea acmanthes Meyrick, 1931
  • Acleris acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931)
  • "Eulia" acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931)
  • Haemateulia acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931)

Acmanthina acmanthes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae in tribe Euliini.[2] It is found in Chile and Argentina .

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1931 by Edward Meyrick as Peronea acmanthes.[lower-alpha 1] It was subsequently transferred to genus Acleris in 1958,[lower-alpha 2] from where it was transferred in 1995 to "Eulia",[lower-alpha 3] then in 1999 to Haemateulia,[lower-alpha 4] and transferred once more in 2000 to its current genus, Acmanthina,[lower-alpha 5] of which it is the namesake[3] and type species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Acmanthina acmanthes occurs in Argentina [2] and Chile ,[2] where it has been found in the Valparaiso Region (Quillota Province), the O'Higgins Region (Cachapoal Province), the Maule Region (in the Talca and Curico provinces), the Bio-Bio Region (Bio-Bio Province), the Ñuble Region, the Araucania Region (Cautín Province) and the Los Lagos Region (Llanquihue Province).[4] It has been found at elevations from 300 to 1400 m.[3]

Appearance

Acmanthina acmanthes has dark black and brown forewings with a white patch and a forewing length of 6.2–7.2 mm.[3] Antennae are serrated in male specimens only.[3]

Notes

  1. in Meyrick, Edward (1931). "Micro-Lepidoptera from south Chile and Argentina". Anales Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 36. [3]
  2. in Clarke, J.F. Gates (1958). Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick - Volume III. p. 3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/136528#page/5/mode/1up. Retrieved 31 August 2022. [3]
  3. in Powell, J. A.; Razowski, J.; Brown, J. W. (1995). "Tortricidae: Tortricinae, Chlidanotinae". in Heppner, J.B.. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, Checklist. Part II. Hyblaeoidea-Pyraloidea-Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera. [3]
  4. in Razowski, Józef (1999). "Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Chile". Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne 68. [3]
  5. in Brown, John W. (2000). "Acmanthina: a new genus of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina". Journal of the New York Entomological Society 108. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/232666255_Acmanthina_A_new_genus_of_tortricid_moths_Lepidoptera_Tortricidae_Euliini_from_Chile_and_Argentina. [2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15640919 entry