Micropterix myrtetella

Micropterix myrtetella
Micropterix myrtetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. myrtetella
Binomial name
Micropterix myrtetella
Zeller, 1850

Micropterix myrtetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1850.[1] It is found in Italy, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Ukraine.[2]

It inhabits outskirts of medium canopy height to tall, dense mediterranean woody shrubland.[3]

The length of the forewings is 2.2–2.8 mm for males and 2.7–3 mm for females.

Subspecies

  • Micropterix myrtetella myrtetella
  • Micropterix myrtetella idae Rebel, 1902 (Greece)

References

  1. ^ Micropterix myrtetella at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.
  2. ^ Fauna Europaea
  3. ^ A review of Micropterix Hübner, 1825 from northern and central Europe (Micropterigidae)
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