Acteniopsis kurdistanella Amsel, 1959

Akin, Kesran & Orak, Yilmaz, 2025, New Pyraloids (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) from Southeast Türkiye with the description of Tephris yildizae sp. nov., Zootaxa 5686 (2), pp. 270-276 : 275

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5686.2.6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8638F250-BBBC-4379-9E66-CF84B808C02B

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16987209

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039887CD-FF83-FF9D-6FB1-A9D4FEA9FA92

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scientific name

Acteniopsis kurdistanella Amsel, 1959
status

 

Acteniopsis kurdistanella Amsel, 1959 View in CoL

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Material examined: Türkiye, Diyarbakır Province, Eğil District , 1♂ 2♀ Balaban Village , 30.08.2021 ; 2♂ Baysu Village , 03.08.2019 ; 1♂ Düzlük Village , 05.07.2021 ; 21♂ 25♀ Selman Village , 26.06.2021, leg. Y. Orak.

Distribution: Iraq, Iran ( Amsel 1959; 1961) and Türkiye (this study).

Remarks: Alipanah and Asselbergs (2018) redefined the female genitalia of the species and provided detailed information on the antennal structure of the adult and the gnathos of the male genitalia. They also evaluated the taxonomic status of A. kurdistanella f. unicolorella, described by Amsel in 1961, in terms of its designation as a subspecies or form.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Pyralidae

Genus

Acteniopsis

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