Catapterix crimaea
Species of moth
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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]
| Catapterix crimaea | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acanthopteroctetidae |
| Genus: | Catapterix |
| Species: | C. crimaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Catapterix crimaea | |
Description
Adult males have a wing span of 5.5 to 6.5 mm, with elongated fore- and hindwings the former of which are gold-brown in colour and the latter grey. The head is forward-projected and covered in long, golden brown hairscales, with simple antennae of about 3⁄5 of the forewing length. The thorax is gold-brown, the legs brown.[3]
No female specimens have so far been described.[3]
