Acalyptris pyrenaica
| Acalyptris pyrenaica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Acalyptris |
| Species: | A. pyrenaica |
| Binomial name | |
| Acalyptris pyrenaica A. & Z. Laštůvka, 1993 | |
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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