Biology:Acria nivalis

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Short description: Species of moth

Acria nivalis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Acria
Species:
A. nivalis
Binomial name
Acria nivalis
Wang & Li, 1999/2000

Acria nivalis is a moth in the family Depressariidae.[1] It was described by Wang and Li in 1999[1] or 2000.[2][3] It is found in China (Henan).[2]

Some sources list this species as a synonym of Letogenes festalis Meyrick, 1930;[3] Wang and Guan (2015) do not mention it among Chinese Acria.[4]

The wingspan is 18–21 mm.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Acria psamatholeuca Meyrick, 1930". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.25.029. 29 January 2025. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/255500. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yuan, G.-X.; Zhang, L.; Wang, S.-X. (2008). "Review of the genus Acria Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Depressariinae) from China". Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 33 (4): 685–690. https://archive.org/details/d6a477304bd23760f2b550e278ef393fb2c63d61/mode/2up. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Savela, Markku. "Letogenes Meyrick, 1921". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/oecophoridae/oecophorinae/letogenes/#festalis. 
  4. Wang, Shuxia; Guan, Wei (2015). "Two species of the genus Acria Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Peleopodidae) from China". Entomological News 124 (5): 331–334. doi:10.3157/021.124.0505. 

Wikidata ☰ Q20312080 entry