Catapterix

Catapterix is a genus of moths, formerly considered monotypic, in the family Acanthopteroctetidae. Catapterix crimaea was its sole known species until the formal description of Catapterix tianshanica in 2016.[1]

Catapterix
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acanthopteroctetidae
Genus: Catapterix
Zagulajev & Sinev, 1988
Species

Catapterix crimaea
Catapterix tianshanica

Its type species, C. crimaea, is found on the Crimea Peninsula in Ukraine.[2] whereas C. tianshanica is described from Kyrgyzstan.[1]

Taxonomy

Some authors place it in the monotypic family Catapterigidae.[3]

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References
  1. Mey, Wolfram; Rutjan, Evgeniy (28 September 2016). "Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. – the second species of the genus from the Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Acanthopteroctetidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (2): 145–150. doi:10.3897/nl.39.9882. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. Fauna Europaea
  3. Butterflies and Moths of the World - Generic Names and their Type-species


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