Gillmeria rhusiodactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Gillmeria
Species:
G. rhusiodactyla
Binomial name
Gillmeria rhusiodactyla
(Fuchs, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia rhusiodactyla Fuchs, 1903

Gillmeria rhusiodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae with a type locality in Armenia.[2]

Distribution areas are Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern part of European Russia, western Kazakhstan.[3]

The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are rust brown. The hindwings are also rust brown, with lighter fringes.[4]

References

  1. Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 63. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 10 September 2022.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Platyptilia rhusiodactyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  3. Far Eastern Entomologist|http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000918.pdf | page 4
  4. "Entomologische Zeitung". Retrieved 8 July 2011.


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