Isophrictis kefersteiniellus

Isophrictis kefersteiniellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gelechiidae
Genus:	Isophrictis
Species:	I. kefersteiniellus
Binomial name
	Isophrictis kefersteiniellus; (Zeller, [1850])
Synonyms
	Ypsolophus kefersteiniellus Zeller, [1850]; Paltodora senicula Meyrick, 1913; Isophrictis leptidella Turati, 1924;

Isophrictis kefersteiniellus is a moth of the Gelechiidae family. It was described by Zeller in 1850. It is found in the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Crete, Malta, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal.^[1] Outside of Europe, it is found in Libya, Tunisia, Asia Minor and Palestine.^[2]

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Georg Adolf Keferstein.^[3]

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Isophrictis kefersteiniellus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

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