| Polymitia laristana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Polymitia |
| Species: | P. laristana |
| Binomial name | |
| Polymitia laristana Triberti, 1986 | |
Polymitia laristana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Iran, the type locality is southern Iran, just north of Bandar Abbas. [1]
Iran, also called Persia, and officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered to the northwest by Armenia and Azerbaijan, to the north by the Caspian Sea, to the northeast by Turkmenistan, to the east by Afghanistan, to the southeast by Pakistan, to the south by the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and to the west by Turkey and Iraq. Iran covers an area of 1,648,195 km2 (636,372 sq mi), with a population of 83 million. It is the second-largest country in the Middle East, and its capital and largest city is Tehran.
Gracillarioidea is a large superfamily containing four families of insects in the order Lepidoptera. These generally small moths are miners in plant tissue as caterpillars. There are about 113 described genera distributed worldwide, the most commonly encountered of which are leaf miners in the family Gracillariidae.
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.
Philodoria is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae. All species are endemic to Hawaii. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907.
Phyllonorycter is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Epicephala is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Eumetriochroa is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllocnistis is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae.
Phyllonorycter turanica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Afghanistan, North Macedonia, Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Caucasus, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Aspilapteryx magna is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the Alborz region in Iran.
Polymitia eximipalpella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Jordan, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Corythoxestis aletreuta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda.
Metriochroa tylophorae is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from South Africa.
Stomphastis thraustica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Democratic Republic of Congo, Congo, Central African Republic, Ghana, Nigeria, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia and India. It was recently also recorded from China.
Caloptilia prosticta is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Madagascar, Nigeria, the Seychelles, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
Phyllonorycter iranica is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Iran.
Parornix persicella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the central Asian part of Russia, Iran, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Acrocercops iraniana is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from Iran. It was described by P. Tiberti in 1990.
Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.
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