Parascythris
(Redirected from Parascythris muelleri)
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Scythrididae |
| Genus: | Parascythris Hannemann, 1960 |
| Species: | P. muelleri
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| Parascythris muelleri (J. J. Mann, 1871)
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Parascythris is a monotypic moth genus in the family Scythrididae erected by Hans-Joachim Hannemann in 1960. Its only species, Parascythris muelleri, was described by Josef Johann Mann in 1871. It is found in Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, Poland, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia.[1][2]
The wingspan is about 11 mm.[3]
The larvae possibly feed on Thymus species.
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (April 3, 2014). "Parascythris Hannemann, 1960". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ Lepiforum e. V.