Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. – the second species of the genus from the Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Acanthopteroctetidae)

By

Mey, Wolfram
Rutjan, Evgeniy

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2016-9-28

Original Publication

Nota lepidopterologica

Volume

39

Series / Issue

Issue: 2

Pages

145--150

Subjects

Biogeography , Kyrgyzstan , primitive moth , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Bonn,

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.39.9882

 

Abstract

Based on a single adult male collected in Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) the new species Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. is described and illustrated. The new species differs from related species by details of the male genitalia, especially by the reduction of the medial process of the transtilla and by the structure of the uncus. It is the second species of the genus and family found in the Palaearctic Region so far. The record significantly expands the distribution of Catapterix from Europe to Asia.