Marasmarcha samarcandica

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Marasmarcha samarcandica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Marasmarcha
Species:
M. samarcandica
Binomial name
Marasmarcha samarcandica
Gerasimov, 1930 [1]

Marasmarcha samarcandica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Russia and Kazakhstan. [1] Its habitat is chalk and desert steppes and semideserts. [1]

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Appearance

Marasmarcha samarcandica has a lightened, whitish central area on the forewings. [2]

Original description

Gerasimov, Aleksey Maksimovich (1930). "Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Mittel-Asiens I. Microheterocera aus dem Distrikt Kaschka-Darja (SO-Buchara)". Ежегодник Зоологического музея Академии наук СССР – Annuaire du musée zoologique de l'académie des sciences de l'URSS. 31.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 65. doi:10.57065/shilap.188. ISSN   0300-5267 . Retrieved 9 September 2022.
  2. Ustjuzhanin, Petr (2001). "New species, distribution records and synonymies of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from the Palaearctic region". Nota Lepidopterologica. 24 (3): 19–20. Retrieved 9 September 2022.