Scythris acarioides

Scythris acarioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Scythrididae
Genus: Scythris
Species:
S. acarioides
Binomial name
Scythris acarioides
Bengtsson, 1997

Scythris acarioides is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 1997. It is found in Italy.

Etymology

The species name refers to the "sclerotized formation of sternum 7, reminiscent of a tick (belonging to the order Acari)".

References

  1. ↑ "Scythris Hübner, [1825]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms.
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de