Aethes shakibai

Aethes shakibai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Tortricidae
Genus:Aethes
Species: A. shakibai
Binomial name
Aethes shakibai
Huemer & Wieser, 2004[1]

Aethes shakibai is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It is only known from the Miankaleh peninsula at the Caspian Sea in northern Iran. The species was discovered in 2001 and described in 2004. It was named for Ing. Mahmood Shakiba from Iran.

The length of the forewings is 4.5–4.8 mm (0.18–0.19 in) and the wingspan is 9.9–10.6 mm (0.39–0.42 in).

Its food plants are unknown.

References

  • "Tortricid Newsletter" (PDF). Troop of Reputed Tortricid Systematists. 6 (2). 13 July 2005.
  • "Tortricid Newsletter" (PDF). Troop of Reputed Tortricid Systematists. 7 (1). 15 January 2006.
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