| Rhigognostis kuusamoensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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]
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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.
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