Catapterix crimaea

Catapterix crimaea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Acanthopteroctetidae
Genus: Catapterix
Species:
C. crimaea
Binomial name
Catapterix crimaea
Zagulajev & Sinev, 1988[1]

Catapterix crimaea is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae and type species of the genus Catapterix.[2] It was described in 1988 from the Crimean peninsula of Ukraine,[1] and was in 2016 first recorded from southern France.[3] From its description in 1988 up until the description of Catapterix tianshanica in 2016, Catapterix crimaea was considered the sole species of its genus.[4]

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