Palaephatus spinosus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Palaephatidae |
Genus: | Palaephatus |
Species: | P. spinosus |
Binomial name | |
Palaephatus spinosus Davis, 1986 | |
Palaephatus spinosus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in forests in the Osorno Province of southern Chile.
The length of the forewings is 5–6 mm. Adults have dark fuscous forewings marked by scattered, pale yellowish white scales concentrated mainly over the middle third. They are on wing in February in one generation per year. [1]
The specific name is derived from Latin spinosus (meaning thorny) and refers to the irregular, spinose processes of the gnathos.
Palaephatus is a genus of moths in the family Palaephatidae.
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Palaephatus falsus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1883. It is found in the Valdivian forest region of southern Chile from the Nahuelbuta Mountains south to Chiloé Island. In southern Argentina it is found from the adjacent Andean forests of the Neuquén Province south to the Interoceanic Magellanic region of southern Tierra del Fuego.
Palaephatus luteolus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. It is found in the Valdivian forest region of southern Chile and Argentina, from the Cautin Province and the Neuquen Province south to the Interoceanic Magellanic region of Tierra del Fuego.
Palaephatus albiterminus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. It is found in the wetter areas of the temperate, Valdivian forests of southern Argentina and Chile.
Palaephatus amplisaccus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the Valdivian forests of the lake region in southern Argentina and Chile.
Palaephatus dimorphus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in much of the southern temperate forests of montane Argentina and Chile.
Palaephatus fusciterminus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the Valdivian forests of southern Argentina and Chile.
Palaephatus latus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the Arauco Province of Chile.
Palaephatus leucacrotus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the wetter areas of the Valdivian forest region of south-central Chile.
Palaephatus nielseni is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the wetter areas of the Valdivian forest region of southern Argentina and Chile.
Palaephatus striatus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the wetter Valdivian forests of central Argentina and Chile from Lago Puyehue and Lago Nahuel Huapi south to Chiloe Island.
Sesommata albimaculata is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Davis in 1986. It is found in the Parque Nacional Lanín in Argentina.
Sesommata holocapna is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the temperate Valdivian forest region of southern Argentina and Chile.
Sesommata platysaris is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. It is found in the lake region in Argentina, including Lácar Lake and especially Nahuel Huapi Lake.
Metaphatus spatulatus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. It is found in the temperate forests of the lake region of Argentina.
Metaphatus ichnius is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1986. It is found in the temperate Andean forests of southern Chile, from Malleco Province south to Chiloe Island.
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