Pterothrixidia is a monotypic snout moth genus described by Hans Georg Amsel in 1954. Its one species, described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1836,[1] is Pterothrixidia rufella. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine, Russia,[2] Kazakhstan,[3] Turkey and Iran.[1]
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| Pterothrixidia |
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| Scientific classification |
| Kingdom: |
Animalia |
| Phylum: |
Arthropoda |
| Class: |
Insecta |
| Order: |
Lepidoptera |
| Family: |
Pyralidae |
| Tribe: |
Phycitini |
| Genus: |
Pterothrixidia
Amsel, 1954 |
| Species: |
P. rufella |
| Binomial name |
Pterothrixidia rufella
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| Synonyms |
- Genus:
- Species:
- Phycis rufella Duponchel, 1836
- Myelois crudella Zeller, 1848
- Myelois infuscatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1849
- Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848
- Myelois luridatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1847
- Myelois lucidatella Zeller, 1848
- Oncocera luridella Guenée, 1845
- Phycis impurella Duponchel, 1837
- Pterothrix corsicella Ragonot, 1893
- Phycis rufella squalidella Eversmann, 1842
- Myelois xanthocephala Staudinger, 1870
- Myelois contectella Zeller, 1848
- Myelois crudella var. tauricella Wocke, 1971
- Myelois fimbriatella Zeller, 1848
- Pterothrix caucasiella Ragonot, 1888
- Pterothrix melanoptera Rebel, 1910
- Pterothrix orientella Ragonot, 1893
- Pterothrixidia ancyrensis Amsel, 1954
- Pterothrixidia fordi Amsel, 1954
- Pterothrixidia fordi rava Amsel, 1954
- Pterothrixidia osmanella Amsel, 1954
- Pterothrixidia impurella
- Pterothrixidia contectella
- Pterothrixidia caucasiella
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The wingspan is about 27–28 mm.[4]
