Catapterix crimaea

Catapterix crimaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Acanthopteroctetidae
Genus:Catapterix
Species: C. crimaea
Binomial name
Catapterix crimaea
Zagulajev & Sinev, 1988[1]

Catapterix crimaea is a moth of the Acanthopteroctetidae family, found in Ukraine on the Crimean peninsula.[1] It is the type species of the Catapterix genus.[2]

From its description in 1988 until the description of Catapterix tianshanica in 2016, it was considered the sole species of Catapterix.

References

  1. 1 2 "Fauna Europaea : Taxon Details". www.faunaeur.org. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. "CATAPTERIX - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Retrieved 3 December 2016.


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