Calyciphora Explained

Calyciphora is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae, erected in 1960 by F. Kasy.^[1] It has a Palaearctic distribution, with species ranging from Western Europe to Russia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

Species

, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following species for genus Calyciphora:

• Calyciphora acarnella (Walsingham, 1898)
• Calyciphora adamas (Constant, 1895)
• Calyciphora albodactylus (Fabricius, 1794)
• Calyciphora golestanica Alipanah & Ustjuzhanin, 2005
• Calyciphora homoiodactyla (Kasy, 1960)
• Calyciphora korbi Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2020
• Calyciphora ludmilae Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovick, 2011
• Calyciphora marashella Zagulajev, 1986
• Calyciphora nephelodactyla (Eversmann, 1844)
• Calyciphora xanthodactyla (Treitschke, 1833)

Notes and References

1. Kasy, 1960 Calyciphora, ein neues Subgenus; klimeschi, ivae, homoiodactyla, drei neue Arten des Genus Aciptilia Hb. (Lep., Pteroph.) Zs. Wiener Ent. Ges. 45 : 172-187