Crepidochares aridula
Appearance
Crepidochares aridula | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eriocottidae |
Genus: | Crepidochares |
Species: | C. aridula
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Binomial name | |
Crepidochares aridula Davis, 1990
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Crepidochares aridula is a moth in the family Eriocottidae. It was described by Donald R. Davis in 1990.[1] It is found in central Chile.
Adults are on wing from the end of October to December.
Etymology
[edit]The species name refers to the more xeric habitat of this species and is derived from Latin aridulus (diminutive of dry).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Crepidochares aridula". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ Neotropical microlepidoptera. XXIII: First report of the family eriocottidae from the new world, with descriptions of new taxa