Catapterix tianshanica

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Catapterix tianshanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acanthopteroctetidae
Genus: Catapterix
Species:
C. tianshanica
Binomial name
Catapterix tianshanica
Mey & Rutjan, 2016 [1]

Catapterix tianshanica is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae, currently known only from a single adult male specimen collected in Kyrgyzstan. [2]

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References

  1. "Catapterix tianshanica Mey & Rutjan, 2016". zoobank.org. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. Mey, Wolfram; Rutjan, Evgeniy (28 September 2016). "Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. – the second species of the genus from the Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Acanthopteroctetidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (2): 145–150. doi: 10.3897/nl.39.9882 . Retrieved 3 December 2016.