Pterothrixidia

Pterothrixidia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its one species, described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836,[1] is Pterothrixidia rufella. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Kazakhstan,[3] Turkey and Iran.[1]

Pterothrixidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pyralidae
Tribe:	Phycitini
Genus:	Pterothrixidia Amsel, 1954
Species:	P. rufella
Binomial name
Pterothrixidia rufella (Duponchel, 1836)
Synonyms
Genus: Pterothrix Ragonot, 1888 Species: Phycis rufella Duponchel, 1836 Myelois crudella Zeller, 1848 Myelois infuscatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1849 Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848 Myelois luridatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1847 Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848 Oncocera luridella Guenée, 1845 Phycis impurella Duponchel, 1837 Pterothrix corsicella Ragonot, 1893 Phycis rufella squalidella Eversmann, 1842 Myelois xanthocephala Staudinger, 1870 Myelois contectella Zeller, 1848 Myelois crudella var. tauricella Wocke, 1971 Myelois fimbriatella Zeller, 1848 Pterothrix caucasiella Ragonot, 1888 Pterothrix melanoptera Rebel, 1910 Pterothrix orientella Ragonot, 1893 Pterothrixidia ancyrensis Amsel, 1954 Pterothrixidia fordi Amsel, 1954 Pterothrixidia fordi rava Amsel, 1954 Pterothrixidia osmanella Amsel, 1954 Pterothrixidia impurella Pterothrixidia contectella Pterothrixidia caucasiella

The wingspan is about 27–28 mm.[4]

References

1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2012). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2012-02-15.
2. Fauna Europaea
3. Pterothrixidia rufella - BOLD Systems - Taxonomy Browser
4. Lepiforum.de