Micropterix lakoniensis

Micropterix lakoniensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species:
M. lakoniensis
Binomial name
Micropterix lakoniensis
Heath, 1985

Micropterix lakoniensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae and is an endemic species from Greece. The first specimens were collected from Monemvasia, Greece by G Christensen, M Horak and B Skule, and described by John Heath in 1985. The holotype male is held in the UZM Copenhagen.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Heath, J (1985). "New species of Micropterix Hubner (Lepidoptera, Zeugloptera: Micropterigidae) from Greece and Cyprus". Nota Lepidopterologica. 8: 336–340. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Micropterix lakoniensis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 11, 2018.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.