Acalyptris pyrenaica
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Species: | A. pyrenaica
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Acalyptris pyrenaica A. & Z. Laštůvka, 1993
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Acalyptris pyrenaica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the Pyrenees in Spain and the Eifel region in Germany.
The wingspan is 4-5.6 mm.
The immature stages are unknown, but adults were caught by sweeping grassland vegetation from May to July. The habitat consists of limestone grassland in the Eifel mountains and a mountain pasture in the Pyrenees.[1]
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