Biology:Marasmarcha samarcandica

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Marasmarcha samarcandica
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Marasmarcha
Species:
M. samarcandica
Binomial name
Marasmarcha samarcandica
Gerasimov, 1930[1]

Marasmarcha samarcandica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Russia and Kazakhstan.[1] Its habitat is chalk and desert steppes and semideserts.[1]

Appearance

Marasmarcha samarcandica has a lightened, whitish central area on the forewings.[2]

Original description

Gerasimov, Aleksey Maksimovich (1930). "Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Mittel-Asiens I. Microheterocera aus dem Distrikt Kaschka-Darja (SO-Buchara)". Ежегодник Зоологического музея Академии наук СССР – Annuaire du musée zoologique de l'académie des sciences de l'URSS 31. 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q6754897 entry