Pterothrixidia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its one species, described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836,[1] is Pterothrixidia rufella. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Kazakhstan,[3] Turkey and Iran.[1]

Pterothrixidia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pyralidae
Tribe: Phycitini
Genus: Pterothrixidia
Amsel, 1954
Species:
P. rufella
Binomial name
Pterothrixidia rufella
(Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
  • Genus:
    • Pterothrix Ragonot, 1888
  • Species:
    • Phycis rufella Duponchel, 1836
    • Myelois crudella Zeller, 1848
    • Myelois infuscatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1849
    • Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848
    • Myelois luridatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
    • Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848
    • Oncocera luridella Guenée, 1845
    • Phycis impurella Duponchel, 1837
    • Pterothrix corsicella Ragonot, 1893
    • Phycis rufella squalidella Eversmann, 1842
    • Myelois xanthocephala Staudinger, 1870
    • Myelois contectella Zeller, 1848
    • Myelois crudella var. tauricella Wocke, 1971
    • Myelois fimbriatella Zeller, 1848
    • Pterothrix caucasiella Ragonot, 1888
    • Pterothrix melanoptera Rebel, 1910
    • Pterothrix orientella Ragonot, 1893
    • Pterothrixidia ancyrensis Amsel, 1954
    • Pterothrixidia fordi Amsel, 1954
    • Pterothrixidia fordi rava Amsel, 1954
    • Pterothrixidia osmanella Amsel, 1954
    • Pterothrixidia impurella
    • Pterothrixidia contectella
    • Pterothrixidia caucasiella

The wingspan is about 27–28 mm.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ Pterothrixidia rufella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
  4. ^ Lepiforum.de