Pterothrixidia Explained

Pterothrixidia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its one species, described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836,[1] is Pterothrixidia rufella. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Kazakhstan,[3] Turkey and Iran.

The wingspan is about 27–28 mm.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Nuss . M. . etal . 2003–2012 . GlobIZ search . Global Information System on Pyraloidea . 2012-02-15.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304221940/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=442086 Fauna Europaea
  3. http://www.boldsystems.org/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=350204 Pterothrixidia rufella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  4. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Pterothrixidia_Rufella Lepiforum.de

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