Pectinivalva mystaconota

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Pectinivalva mystaconota
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Female
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Male
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Pectinivalva
Species:
P. mystaconota
Binomial name
Pectinivalva mystaconota
Hoare, 2013

Pectinivalva mystaconota is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from scattered localities in eastern Australia from Wellington, New South Wales south to Mount Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.

The wingspan is 5.8-7.6 mm for males and 7.5-8.0 mm for females. The thorax and forewings are blackish fuscous and weakly shining. The hindwings are clothed in dark brown scales with iridescent reflections. [1]

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the Greek mystax (meaning moustache) and notos (meaning back) and refers to the tuft of hair-scales on T5 in the male.

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Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes. These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, include the smallest of all living moths, with a wingspan that can be as little as 3 mm in the case of the European pigmy sorrel moth, but more usually 3.5–10 mm. The wings of adult moths are narrow and lanceolate, sometimes with metallic markings, and with the venation very simplified compared to most other moths.

<i>Pectinivalva</i> Genus of moths

Pectinivalva is a genus of moths of the family Nepticulidae.

Pectinivalva caenodora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva chalcitis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.

Pectinivalva commoni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.

Pectinivalva gilva is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva melanotis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva anazona is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the Queensland coast of Australia, first described from around Brisbane.

Pectinivalva libera is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva primigena is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Pectinivalva trepida is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of Victoria.

Pectinivalva warburtonensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia.

<i>Pectinivalva brevipalpa</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva brevipalpa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.

<i>Pectinivalva minotaurus</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva minotaurus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva scotodes</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva scotodes is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales and southern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva acmenae</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva acmenae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.

<i>Pectinivalva quintiniae</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva quintiniae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva tribulatrix</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva tribulatrix is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva xenadelpha</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva xenadelpha is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Borneo, east Kalimantan.

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