Triscaedecia sulawesi

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Triscaedecia sulawesi
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T. sulawesi
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Triscaedecia sulawesi
Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern 2019

Triscaedecia sulawesi is a moth of the family Alucitidae. It was described by Petr Ustjuzhanin, Vasiliy Kovtunovich and Donald Hobern in 2019. It is found in Sulawesi, Indonesia. [1] [2]

Moth Group of mostly-nocturnal insects in the order Lepidoptera

Moths comprise a group of insects related to butterflies, belonging to the order Lepidoptera. Most lepidopterans are moths, and 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.

Sulawesi island of Indonesia

Sulawesi, formerly known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago. Within Indonesia, only Sumatra, Borneo and Papua are larger in territory, and only Java and Sumatra have larger populations.

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References

  1. Ustjuzhanin, P., Kovtunovich, V. & Hobern, D. (2019) "A taxonomic review of the genus Triscaedecia (Lepidoptera: Alucitidae) in the world fauna". Zootaxa. 4571 (3): 373–382. doi : 10.11646/zootaxa.4571.3.5.
  2. "Triscaedecia sulawesi Ustjuzhanin, Kovtunovich & Hobern". Plazi TreatmentBank. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2019.