Biology:Acanthophila kuznetzovi

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Short description: Species of moth

Acanthophila kuznetzovi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gelechiidae
Genus: Acanthophila
Species:
A. kuznetzovi
Binomial name
Acanthophila kuznetzovi
Ponomarenko, 1998

Acanthophila kuznetzovi is a moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1][failed verification] It is only known from the southern part of Primorsky Krai, Russia.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 12–13 mm. The forewings are brown, with three indistinct dark-brown dots, two of these at the middle and at the end of the cell, and the third at the anal fold. There are also two light-grey short strokes and a thicker costal one, as well as a dorsal one before the tornus. The hindwings are grey.

Etymology

The species is named for Prof. V.I. Kuznetzov of the Zoological Institute in St. Petersburg.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, George, ed (February 2005). "Scientific name search". Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/search/. Retrieved 2015-06-03. 
  2. Ponomarenko, M.G. & Omelko, M.M., 2003: Review of the genus Acanthophila Heinemann, 1870 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae). Far Eastern Entomologist 127: 1-24 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020074111/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/2003/N-127/N-127.pdf. Retrieved 2015-06-04. 
  3. Ponomarenko, M.G., 1998: New taxonomic data on Dichomeridinae (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from the Russian Far East. Far Eastern Entomologist 67: 1-17. Full article: "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20131020070037/http://www.biosoil.ru/fee/1998/N-067/N-067.pdf. Retrieved 2013-10-20. 

Wikidata ☰ Q18390077 entry