Acalyptris psammophricta

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Acalyptris psammophricta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Acalyptris
Species:
A. psammophricta
Binomial name
Acalyptris psammophricta
Meyrick, 1921
Synonyms
  • Acalyptris lvovskyi(Puplesis, 1984)

Acalyptris psammophricta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. [1] It is found from India westwards to Tunisia and northwards to Mongolia, including Pakistan, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Libya. [2]

The habitat consists of deserts and coastal dunes.

The wingspan 4.9–6.9 mm for males and 5.1–6.4 mm for females. Adults are on wing from February to May in the Middle East and North Africa, from May to June and August to September in central Asia and in October in India.

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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 psammophricta". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. Rank:  Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)