Marasmarcha samarcandica is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Russia and Kazakhstan.[1] Its habitat is chalk and desert steppes and semideserts.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Marasmarcha |
| Species: | M. samarcandica
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| Binomial name | |
| Marasmarcha samarcandica Gerasimov, 1930[1]
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Appearance edit
Marasmarcha samarcandica has a lightened, whitish central area on the forewings.[2]
Original description edit
Gerasimov, Aleksey Maksimovich (1930). "Zur Lepidopteren-Fauna Mittel-Asiens I. Microheterocera aus dem Distrikt Kaschka-Darja (SO-Buchara)". Ежегодник Зоологического музея Академии наук СССР – Annuaire du musée zoologique de l'académie des sciences de l'URSS. 31.
References edit
- ^ a b c Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 65. doi:10.57065/shilap.188. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
- ^ Ustjuzhanin, Petr (2001). "New species, distribution records and synonymies of plume moths (Lepidoptera, Pterophoridae) from the Palaearctic region". Nota Lepidopterologica. 24 (3): 19–20. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
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