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Acanthopteroctetidae
Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family of primitive moths with two described genera, ''Acanthopteroctetes'' and '' Catapterix'', and a total of seven described species. They are known as the archaic sun moths. As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetidae were classified as sole family in superfamily Acanthopteroctetoidea and infraorder Acanthoctesia. Based on more recent research, they may instead be included (alongside the Neopseustidae and the Aenigmatineidae) in superfamily Neopseustoidea. Morphology Moths in this superfamily are usually small (but one is 15 mm. in wingspan) and iridescent. Like other "homoneurous" Coelolepida and non-ditrysian Heteroneura, the ocelli are lost. There are a variety of unique structural characteristics, and are evolutionary distinctive. The female adults of both ''Catapterix crimaea'' and ''C. tianshanica'' are unknown. Diversity and distribution Four of the species of type genus ''Acanthopteroctetes'' ('' A. aurulenta'', '' A. bimaculata'', '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopteroctetes Nepticuloides
Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family (biology), family of primitive moths with two described genera, ''Acanthopteroctetes'' and ''Catapterix'', and a total of seven described species. They are known as the archaic sun moths. As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetidae were classified as sole family in superfamily (taxonomy), superfamily Acanthopteroctetoidea and infraorder Acanthoctesia. Based on more recent research, they may instead be included (alongside the Neopseustidae and the Aenigmatineidae) in superfamily Neopseustoidea. Morphology Moths in this superfamily are usually small (but one is 15 mm. in wingspan) and iridescent. Like other "homoneurous" Lepidoptera, Coelolepida and non-ditrysian Heteroneura, the ocelli are lost. There are a variety of unique structural characteristics, and are evolutionary distinctive. The female adults of both ''Catapterix crimaea'' and ''C. tianshanica'' are unknown. Diversity and distribution Four of the species of type genus ''Acanthoptero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catapterix
''Catapterix'' is a small genus of moths in the family Acanthopteroctetidae, with species occurring in Europe and Central Asia. The genus was previously considered monotypic, with '' Catapterix crimaea'' as its sole known species, until the formal description of '' Catapterix tianshanica'' in 2016. Distribution The type species, ''C. crimaea'', is known from the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine and from southern France, whereas ''C. tianshanica'' is described from Kyrgyzstan. Taxonomy The genus was originally placed in its own family, Catapterigidae, which is now considered a synonym of Acanthopteroctetidae Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family of primitive moths with two described genera, ''Acanthopteroctetes'' and '' Catapterix'', and a total of seven described species. They are known as the archaic sun moths. As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetida .... References Acanthoctesia Glossata genera Taxa named by Aleksei Konstantinovich Zagulyaev {{Moth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catapterix Crimaea
''Catapterix crimaea'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family of primitive moths with two described genera, ''Acanthopteroctetes'' and '' Catapterix'', and a total of seven described species. They are known as the archaic sun moths. As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetida ... and type species of the genus ''Catapterix''. It was described in 1988 from the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine, and was in 2016 first recorded from southern France. From its description in 1988 up until the description of '' Catapterix tianshanica'' in 2016, ''Catapterix crimaea'' was considered the sole species of its genus. Description Adult males have a wing span of 5.5 to 6.5 mm, with elongated fore- and hindwings the former of which are gold-brown in colour and the latter grey. The head is forward-projected and covered in long, golden brown hairscales, with simple antennae of about of the forewing length. The thorax is gold-brown, the legs brown. No f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopteroctetes Aurulenta
''Acanthopteroctetes aurulenta'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis Donald or Don Davis may refer to: Entertainment * Donald Davis (writer) (1904–1992), American playwright and screenwriter * Don Marion Davis (1917-2020), American child actor * Donald Davis (actor) (1928–1998), Canadian actor and theatre dir ... in 1984. It is found in north-western Oregon, central Utah, and Colorado. The wingspan is about . The forewings are uniformly light golden brown. References Acanthoctesia Moths of North America Endemic fauna of the United States Biota of Oregon Biota of Utah Moths described in 1984 Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist) {{Moth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopteroctetes Tripunctata
''Acanthopteroctetes tripunctata'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1921. It is found in the US state of Montana. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingspan o ... is about 11 mm for males. The forewings are fuscous with a slight coppery luster and with three large, pale yellowish spots. The hindwings are slightly paler and the scales are narrower than those on the forewings. Adults are on wing in July, probably in one generation per year. References Moths described in 1921 Moths of North America Natural history of Montana Acanthoctesia {{Moth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopteroctetes Unifascia
''Acanthopteroctetes unifascia'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae. It was described by Davis Davis may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Davis (Antarctica) * Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) * Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land Canada * Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community * Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ... in 1978. It is found in Montana. The wingspan is about 11 mm for males. The forewings are fuscous with a slight coppery luster and with three large, pale yellowish spots. The hindwings are slightly paler and the scales here are narrower. Adults are on wing in July, probably in one generation per year. References Moths described in 1978 Moths of North America Natural history of Montana Acanthoctesia Taxa named by Donald R. Davis (entomologist) {{Moth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catapterix Tianshanica
''Catapterix tianshanica'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae Acanthopteroctetidae is a small family of primitive moths with two described genera, ''Acanthopteroctetes'' and '' Catapterix'', and a total of seven described species. They are known as the archaic sun moths. As of 2002, the Acanthopteroctetida ..., currently known only from a single adult male specimen collected in Kyrgyzstan. Its host plants are unknown. Description ''Catapterix tianshanica'' has a wingspan of 7 mm, with narrow wings that end in a pointy tip. Forewings are light brown and less pale than the grey-brown hindwings. It resembles '' Catapterix crimaea'', from which it differs by the shape of the head capsules, the presence of lamellar scales near the eyes, and the exact shape of the genitalia. References Moths described in 2016 Moths of Asia Acanthoctesia {{moth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acanthopteroctetes Bimaculata
''Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata'' is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae. It was described by Davis Davis may refer to: Places Antarctica * Mount Davis (Antarctica) * Davis Island (Palmer Archipelago) * Davis Valley, Queen Elizabeth Land Canada * Davis, Saskatchewan, an unincorporated community * Davis Strait, between Nunavut and Gre ... in 1969. It is found in north-eastern Oregon and east-central California. The wingspan is 14.5–16 mm for ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aenigmatineidae
Aenigmatineidae is a family of basal Lepidoptera, moths discovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia by Dr Richard Glatz. The family is based on a single species discovered in 2015, ''Aenigmatinea glatzella'', commonly known as the enigma moth. The larvae feed on conifers by mining the stem of ''Callitris'' plants in the cypress family. The adult has highly reduced mouthparts but its position in the Glossata containing the more familiar moths-with-tongues is confirmed by morphological and DNA sequence similarity. The group is best treated as a sister of the family Neopseustidae. Phylogeny A phylogenetic analysis finds Aenigmatineidae as sister to family Neopseustidae in a clade with Acanthopteroctetidae. This clade is sister to the Heteroneura, which contains the large majority of moths and the butterflies Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extant Taxon
Neontology is a part of biology that, in contrast to paleontology, deals with living (or, more generally, '' recent'') organisms. It is the study of extant taxa (singular: extant taxon): taxa (such as species, genera and families) with members still alive, as opposed to (all) being extinct. For example: * The moose (''Alces alces'') is an extant species, and the dodo (''Raphus cucullatus'') is an extinct species. * In the group of molluscs known as the cephalopods, there were approximately 600 extant species and 7,500 extinct species. A taxon can be classified as extinct if it is broadly agreed or certified that no members of the group are still alive. Conversely, an extinct taxon can be reclassified as extant if there are new discoveries of living species ("Lazarus species"), or if previously-known extant species are reclassified as members of the taxon. Most biologists, zoologists, and botanists are in practice neontologists, and the term neontologist is used large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan,, pronounced or the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan is bordered by Kazakhstan to the north, Uzbekistan to the west, Tajikistan to the south, and the People's Republic of China to the east. Its capital and largest city is Bishkek. Ethnic Kyrgyz make up the majority of the country's seven million people, followed by significant minorities of Uzbeks and Russians. The Kyrgyz language is closely related to other Turkic languages. Kyrgyzstan's history spans a variety of cultures and empires. Although geographically isolated by its highly mountainous terrain, Kyrgyzstan has been at the crossroads of several great civilizations as part of the Silk Road along with other commercial routes. Inhabited by a succession of tribes and clans, Kyrgyzstan has periodically fallen under larger domination. Turkic nomads, who trace their ancestry to many Turkic states. It was first established as the Yenisei Kyrgyz Khaganate later in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
