| Rhigognostis kuusamoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Plutellidae |
| Genus: | Rhigognostis |
| Species: | R. kuusamoensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhigognostis kuusamoensis Kyrki, 1989 | |
Rhigognostis kuusamoensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Plutellidae. [1]
It is native to Northern Europe. [1]
The Plutellidae are a family of moths commonly known as the diamondback moths, named after the diamondback moth of European origin. It was once considered to have three subfamilies: Plutellinae, Praydinae, and Scythropiinae. Praydinae was later elevated to its own family, Praydidae, while Scythropiinae has variously been moved to Yponomeutidae or also elevated to its own family.
Rhigognostis schmaltzella is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in Estonia, Latvia, Fennoscandia and Germany.
Rhigognostis annulatella is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in most of Europe.
Rhigognostis incarnatella, the Scotch smudge, is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It was described by Wilhelm Steudel in 1873. It is found in most of Europe.
Rhigognostis senilella, the rock-cress smudge, is a moth of the family Plutellidae. It is found in Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Russia and on Sardinia. Outside of Europe, the range extends to the Caucasus, Central Asia and Japan. It is also found on Greenland. The habitat consists of rocky areas such as coastal or mountain areas.
Wilhelm Steudel was a German physician, ornithologist and entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera. He described the moth Rhigognostis incarnatella(Steudel, 1873) as Eine neue Plutella – Entomologische Zeitung Stettin 34: 340 - 342. His other papers were published in Jahreshefte des Vereins für vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg. Steudel was a member of the Entomological Society of Stettin. His collection of Palearctic microlepidoptera is curated by the State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart.
Rhigognostis hufnagelii is a moth belonging to the family Plutellidae. The species was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.
Rhigognostis is a genus of butterfly belonging to the family Plutellidae.
Rhigognostis kovacsi is a species of moth belonging to the family Plutellidae.
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