Falkovitshella mongholica

Falkovitshella mongholica is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Pietro Passerin d'Entrèves and Angela Roggero in 2006.[1] It is found in Mongolia and Uzbekistan.[2]

Falkovitshella mongholica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Scythrididae
Genus:
Falkovitshella
Species:
F. mongholica
Binomial name
Falkovitshella mongholica
(Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2006)
Synonyms
  • Scythris mongholica Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, 2006

The wingspan is about 10 millimetres (0.39 in). The forewings and hindwings are whitish and glossy, with light brown dots on the whole surface.[3]

References
  1. Falkovitshella at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. Nupponen, K., 2010: Notes on Scythrididae from the Turanian region, with descriptions of six new species (Lepidoptera: Scythrididae). Shilap Revista de Lepidopterologica 38 (151): 267-285.
  3. Passerin d'Entrèves & Roggero, New and Little-Known Species of Scytridid Moths Collected by Z. Kaszab in Mongolia (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea, Scythrididae) 2006, Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 52(1): 49-75.


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