Bazaria ruscinonella explained

Bazaria ruscinonella is a species of snout moth in the genus Bazaria. It was described by Émile Louis Ragonot, in 1888. It is found in France, Spain and Portugal.^[1]

The species was named in reference to Ruscino, the name of the first city of Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales, France) in ancient times, where Ragonot found it for the first time.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fauna Europaea . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305210813/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441997 . dead . March 5, 2016 . Faunaeur.org . 2011-12-16.
2. Jean-Jacques Amigo, « Ragonot (Émile-Louis) », in Nouveau Dictionnaire de biographies roussillonnaises, vol. 3 Sciences de la Vie et de la Terre, Perpignan, Publications de l'olivier, 2017