Aethalopteryx diksami
Appearance
Aethalopteryx diksami | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Cossidae |
Genus: | Aethalopteryx |
Species: | A. diksami
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Binomial name | |
Aethalopteryx diksami Yakovlev & Saldaitis, 2010[1]
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Aethalopteryx diksami is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in Socotra, Yemen, where it is only known from the central part of Socotra Island from two valleys: the Diksam canyon and the Difarroha valley, which are characterized by the following relict woody vegetation: Dracaena cinnabari, Buxus hildebrandtii, Croton socotranus and numerous other endemic plants.
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- ^ Ivinskis, Povilas; Borth, Robert; Saldaitis, Aidas; Yakovlev, Roman (2011-08-11). "Cossidae of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen)". ZooKeys (122). Pensoft.net: 45–69. doi:10.3897/zookeys.122.1213. PMC 3187673. PMID 21998527. Retrieved 2011-12-19. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 3.0 license.