Acalyptris terrificus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nepticulidae
- Genus
- Acalyptris
- Species
- Acalyptris terrificus
- Scientific Name
- Acalyptris terrificus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Acalyptris terrificus
Acalyptris terrificus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known only from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.
The wingspan is about 4.2 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December. The habitat consists of secondary forests.
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Sibling Taxa
- Acalyptris bicornutus
- Acalyptris bifidus
- Acalyptris bipinnatellus
- Acalyptris bovicorneus
- Acalyptris fortis
- Acalyptris hispidus
- Acalyptris janzeni
- Acalyptris laxibasis
- Acalyptris lotella
- Acalyptris martinheringi
- Acalyptris novenarius
- Acalyptris paradividua
- Acalyptris punctulata
- Acalyptris scirpi
- Acalyptris tenuijuxtus
- Acalyptris terrificus
- Acalyptris thoracealbella
- Acalyptris trifidus
- Acalyptris unicornis