Acalyptris lascuevella

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Acalyptris lascuevella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. lascuevella
Binomial name
Acalyptris lascuevella
Puplesis & Robinson, 2000

Acalyptris lascuevella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. [1] [2] It is probably widely distributed in subtropical and tropical regions of Central America. [3] Currently, it is known from Belize (Maya Mountains: Las Cuevas) and Mexico (the Pacific Coast in the Oaxaca region). [2] [3] The habitat consists of secondary and tropical forests. [3]

The wingspan is about 3.4 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December in Mexico and in April in Belize. [3]

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References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acalyptris lascuevella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. 1 2 Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Vargas, Sergio A. & Solis, M. Alma (2020). "Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas". Zootaxa. 4748 (2): 201–247 [239]. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.2.1.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Šimkevičiūtė, Agnė; Stonis, Jonas R. & Diškus, Arūnas (2009). "Taxonomic checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the description of three new species from the Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera)". Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 19 (4): 268–277 [272]. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.