Stenoptilia kirghizica

Stenoptilia kirghizica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Stenoptilia
Species:	S. kirghizica
Binomial name
	Stenoptilia kirghizica; Zagulajev, 2002

Last updated September 26, 2019

Stenoptilia kirghizica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which is endemic to Kirghizia.^[1]

Moths are a polyphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species.

The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are tiny and were formerly included among the assemblage called "microlepidoptera".

Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, and also known as Kirghizia, is a country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is a landlocked country with mountainous terrain. It is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west and southwest, Tajikistan to the southwest and China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek.

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References

↑ A. K. Zagulajev (July 18, 2000). "New and Little Known Species of Moths (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Psychidae, Pterophoridae) of the Fauna of Russia and Neighboring Territories: XIII" (PDF). St. Petersburg, Russia: Zoological Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.

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[1] A. K. Zagulajev (July 18, 2000). "New and Little Known Species of Moths (Lepidoptera: Tineidae, Psychidae, Pterophoridae) of the Fauna of Russia and Neighboring Territories: XIII" (PDF). St. Petersburg, Russia: Zoological Institute and Russian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 3, 2016.