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词条 Palaephatus leucacrotus
释义

  1. Etymology

  2. References

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| image =
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Arthropoda
| classis = Insecta
| ordo = Lepidoptera
| familia = Palaephatidae
| genus = Palaephatus
| species = P. leucacrotus
| binomial = Palaephatus leucacrotus
| binomial_authority = Davis, 1986
}}

Palaephatus leucacrotus is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the wetter areas of the Valdivian forest region of south-central Chile.

The length of the forewings is 6–7 mm for males and 6.5–7 mm for females. Adults have dark fuscous forewings irregularly mottled with light brown and white. There is a large white spot on the termen. They are on wing from October to December in one generation per year.[1]

Etymology

The species name is derived

from Greek leuko (meaning white) and akrotes (meaning extremity or tip) and refers to the large white terminal spot on the forewings.

References

1. ^A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia
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2 : Moths described in 1986|Palaephatidae

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