Micropterix lakoniensis

Micropterix lakoniensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Micropterigidae
Genus: Micropterix
Species: M. lakoniensis
Binomial name
Micropterix lakoniensis
Heath, 1985

Micropterix lakoniensis is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae and is an endemic species from Greece. The first specimens were collected from Monemvasia, Greece by G Christensen, M Horak and B Skule, and described by John Heath in 1985. The holotype male is held in the UZM Copenhagen.[1][2]

References

  1. Heath, J (1985). "New species of Micropterix Hubner (Lepidoptera, Zeugloptera: Micropterigidae) from Greece and Cyprus". Nota Lepidopterologica. 8: 336–340. Retrieved 25 June 2014.
  2. Micropterix lakoniensis at The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.


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