Acalyptris terrificus

Acalyptris terrificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Acalyptris
Species:	A. terrificus
Binomial name
	Acalyptris terrificus; Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, 2009

Last updated December 21, 2025

Acalyptris terrificus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae.^[2]^[3] It is known only from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.^[3]

The wingspan is about 4.2 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December. The habitat consists of secondary forests.^[1]

References

1 2 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 [275]. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acalyptris terrificus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 March 2024.
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. PMID 32230072.

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[Šimkevičiūtė_et_al._2009-1] 1 2 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 [275]. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.

[LepIndex-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acalyptris terrificus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved 27 March 2024.

[Stonis_et_al._2020-3] 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. PMID 32230072.

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