Marasmarcha brevirostris
| Marasmarcha brevirostris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Marasmarcha |
| Species: | M. brevirostris |
| Binomial name | |
| Marasmarcha brevirostris (Walsingham, 1915) | |
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Marasmarcha brevirostris is a species of moth in the genus Marasmarcha known from Guatemala, Mexico, and Panama. Moths of this species take flight in February and August and have a wingspan of approximately 20–25 millimetres.[2]
References
- ^ Walsingham (1915). "Platyptilia brevirostris, sp. n.". Insecta: Lepidoptera-Heterocera. Biologia Centrali-Americana. Vol. IV. Tineina, Pterophorina, Orneodina, and Pyralidina and Hepialina (part.). pp. 438–439.
- ^ Gielis, C. (2006). "Review of the Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part I: Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini) (Lepidoptera)". Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden. 80–2 (1).