Micropterix corcyrella

Micropterix corcyrella
Micropterix corcyrella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. corcyrella
Binomial name
Micropterix corcyrella
Walsingham, 1919
Synonyms
  • Micropterix jeanneli Viette, 1949

Micropterix corcyrella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Walsingham, Lord Thomas de Grey, in 1919.[1] It is found in Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece.[2]

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

Subspecies

  • Micropterix corcyrella corcyrella Walsingham, 1919 (Greece, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
  • Micropterix corcyrella cephaloniensis Kurz, Kurz & Zeller, 2004 (Kefallinia)

References

  1. ^ Micropterix corcyrella at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea

External links

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