Tabulaephorus maracandicus

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Tabulaephorus maracandicus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Tabulaephorus
Species:
T. maracandicus
Binomial name
Tabulaephorus maracandicus
Arenberger & Buchsbaum, 1998 [1]

Tabulaephorus maracandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Tajikistan [1] and Uzbekistan. [2] The species was first described in 1998, by Ernst Arenberger and Ulf Buchsbaum, from two female specimens from Uzbekistan. [2] An additional specimen was described from Tajikistan in 2001. [1] Male genitalia were first described in 2022. [3]

The wingspan is about 24 mm. [2] Adults have been recorded in July. [2] [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Arenberger, E. (December 2001). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 4. Teil, mit der Beschreibung von Agdistis tigrovaja sp.n. (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 4. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Arenberger, E.; Buchsbaum, U. (October 1998). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasieii und angrenzenden Territorien. -1. Teil (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 1. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 66. ISSN   0300-5267 . Retrieved 11 September 2022.