Acanthocheira is a monotypic moth genus belonging to the family Tineidae, in which it is not assigned to a subfamily.[2] The genus was established in 1968 by László Gozmány.[a]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Acanthocheira Gozmány, 1968 |
| Species: | A. loxopa
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| Acanthocheira loxopa | |
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Its sole species, Acanthocheira loxopa, was originally described by Edward Meyrick in 1914, as Amydria loxopa.[1]
Distribution
editAcanthocheira loxopa is known from South Africa, with a type locality in the Eastern Cape province.[1]
Notes
edit- ^ In Gozmány, László (1968). "Some tineid moths of the Ethiopian region in the collections of the British Museum (Nat. Hist.), II". Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae. 14: 321.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Acanthocheira loxopa (Meyrick, 1914)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
- ^ Krüger, Martin (16 March 2022). "Checklist of the Lepidoptera of southern Africa". Metamorphosis. 31 (2): 1–201 (17). doi:10.4314/met.v31i2.2. S2CID 247529687.
- ^ Bálint, Zsolt; Katona, Gergely; Kun, Andras (2011). "The scientific publications of Dr László Gozmány (1921-2006) on Lepidoptera with a revised bibliography and an annotated list of taxon names he proposed". Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici. 103: 373–428 (385, 422). Retrieved 28 July 2022.
External links
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