''Acmanthina acmanthes'' is a species of

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 ...

of the family

Tortricidae The Tortricidae are a family of moths, commonly known as tortrix moths or leafroller moths, in the order Lepidoptera. This large family has over 11,000 species described, and is the sole member of the superfamily Tortricoidea, although the genus ...

in tribe

Euliini The Euliini are a tribe of tortrix moths. Distribution Most Euliini (nearly 98%) are found in the Neotropics and a small number is found in the Nearctic. Only '' Eulia'' is found in the Old World, since it has a Holarctic The Holarctic realm ...

. It is found in

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

and

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1931 by

Edward Meyrick Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854, in Ramsbury – 31 March 1938, at Thornhanger, Marlborough) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern m ...

as ''Peronea acmanthes''. It was subsequently transferred to genus ''

Acleris ''Acleris'' is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae. As of 2007, about 241 species were known.Seven, S. and M. Özdemir. (2007)''Acleris lacordairana'' (Duponchel, 1836)(Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), new ...

'' in 1958, from where it was transferred in 1995 to "'' Eulia''", then in 1999 to ''

Haemateulia ''Haemateulia'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae. Species *''Haemateulia barrigana'' Razowski & Gonzlez, 2003 *''Haemateulia haematitis'' (Meyrick, 1931) *''Haemateulia placens'' Razowski & Pelz, 2010 References * , ...

'', and transferred once more in 2000 to its current genus, '' Acmanthina'', of which it is the namesake and type species.

Distribution and habitat

''Acmanthina acmanthes'' occurs in

and

, where it has been found in the Valparaiso Region (

Quillota Province Quillota Province ( es, Provincia de Quillota) is one of eight provinces of the central Chilean region of Valparaíso (V). Its capital is the city of Quillota (pop. 75,916). Administration As a province, Quillota is a second-level administrative ...

), the O'Higgins Region ( Cachapoal Province), the Maule Region (in the

Talca Talca () is a city and commune in Chile located about south of Santiago, and is the capital of both Talca Province and Maule Region (7th Region of Chile). As of the 2012 census, the city had a population of 201,142. The city is an importan ...

and Curico provinces), the Bio-Bio Region ( Bio-Bio Province), the

Ñuble Region The Ñuble Region ( es, Región de Ñuble), officially the Region of Ñuble ( es, Región de Ñuble), is — since 5 September 2018 – one of Chile's sixteen regions. It spans an area of , making it the smallest region in Chile in terms of area ...

, the

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(

Cautín Province Cautín Province ( es, Provincia de Cautín) is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of La Araucanía (IX), bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by Valdivia Province, and on ...

) and the

Los Lagos Region Los Lagos Region ( es, Región de Los Lagos , ''Region of the Lakes'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains ...

(

Llanquihue Province Llanquihue Province ( es, Provincia de Llanquihue) is one of four provinces of the Chilean region of Los Lagos (X). Its capital is Puerto Montt. Chile's second largest lake, Lake Llanquihue, is located in the province as well as four volcanoes: ...

). It has been found at elevations from 300 to 1400 m.

Appearance

''Acmanthina acmanthes'' has dark black and brown forewings with a white patch and a forewing length of 6.2–7.2 mm. Antennae are serrated in male specimens only.

Notes

References

Moths described in 1931 Euliini Moths of South America Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Euliini-stub