Gibeauxiella Reliqua
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''Gibeauxiella reliqua'' is a
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in
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and
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.Description of new Cosmopterygidae for the science from Fontainebleau forest (Lepidoptera, Cosmopterygidae, Antequerinae)
at Fauna Europaea
It was described from the
Fontainebleau forest The forest of Fontainebleau (french: Forêt de Fontainebleau, or ''Forêt de Bière'', meaning "forest of heather") is a mixed deciduous forest lying southeast of Paris, France. It is located primarily in the arrondissement of Fontainebleau ...
. The only known specimen was caught at the beginning of May on a fallen trunk of '' Fagus sylvatica''. The
moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
is about .


References

Moths described in 1986 Antequerinae Moths of Europe {{Antequerinae-stub