Amphithrix

Amphithrix is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Ragonot, in 1893, and contains one species, Amphithrix sublineatella.[1] It is found in Spain, Portugal, France, Corsica, Sicily and Croatia.[2]

Amphithrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Amphithrix
Ragonot, 1893[1]
Species:
A. sublineatella
Binomial name
Amphithrix sublineatella
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms

Genus:

  • Horistarcha Meyrick, 1935

Species:

  • Nephopteryx sublineatella Staudinger, 1859
  • Horistarcha ogmosema Meyrick, 1935

The wingspan is 18–24 mm.[3]

References
  1. "World Pyraloidea Database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  2. "Fauna Europaea". Faunaeur.org. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
  3. "lepiforum.de". lepiforum.de. Retrieved 2011-10-07.


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