Aethalopteryx diksami

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Aethalopteryx diksami
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Cossidae
Genus: Aethalopteryx
Species:
A. diksami
Binomial name
Aethalopteryx diksami
Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2010 [1]

Aethalopteryx diksami is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Socotra, Yemen, where it is only known from the central part of Socotra Island from two valleys: the Diksam canyon and the Difarroha valley, which are characterized by the following relict woody vegetation: Dracaena cinnabari , Buxus hildebrandtii , Croton socotranus and numerous other endemic plants.

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References

  1. Ivinskis, Povilas; Borth, Robert; Saldaitis, Aidas; Yakovlev, Roman (2011-08-11). "Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)". ZooKeys. Pensoft.net (122): 45–69. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.122.1213 . PMC   3187673 . PMID   21998527 . Retrieved 2011-12-19. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.