Acanthocheira is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae, in which it is not assigned to a subfamily.[2] The genus was established in 1968 by László Gozmány.[a]

Acanthocheira
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Acanthocheira
Gozmány, 1968
Species:
A. loxopa
Binomial name
Acanthocheira loxopa
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amydria loxopa Meyrick, 1914

Its sole species, Acanthocheira loxopa, was originally described by Edward Meyrick in 1914, as Amydria loxopa.[1]

Distribution

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Acanthocheira loxopa is known from South Africa, with a type locality in the Eastern Cape province.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ In Gozmány, László (1968). "Some tineid moths of the Ethiopian region in the collections of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), II". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 14: 321.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Acanthocheira loxopa (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. ^ Krüger, Martin (16 March 2022). "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of southern Africa". Metamorphosis. 31 (2): 1–201 (17). doi:10.4314/met.v31i2.2. S2CID 247529687.
  3. ^ Bálint, Zsolt; Katona, Gergely; Kun, Andras (2011). "The scientific publications of Dr László Gozmány (1921-2006) on Lepidoptera with a revised bibliography and an annotated list of taxon names he proposed". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 103: 373–428 (385, 422). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
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