Catapterix tianshanica is a moth of the family Acanthopteroctetidae, currently known only from a single adult male specimen collected in Kyrgyzstan.[2] Its host plants are unknown.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Acanthopteroctetidae |
| Genus: | Catapterix |
| Species: | C. tianshanica
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| Binomial name | |
| Catapterix tianshanica Mey & Rutjan, 2016[1]
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Description
editCatapterix tianshanica has a wingspan of 7 mm, with narrow wings that end in a pointy tip.[2] Forewings are light brown and less pale than the grey-brown hindwings.[2] It resembles Catapterix crimaea, from which it differs by the shape of the head capsules, the presence of lamellar scales near the eyes, and the exact shape of the genitalia.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Catapterix tianshanica Mey & Rutjan, 2016". zoobank.org. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e Mey, Wolfram; Rutjan, Evgeniy (28 September 2016). "Catapterix tianshanica sp. n. – the second species of the genus from the Palaearctic Region (Lepidoptera, Acanthopteroctetidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 39 (2): 145–150. doi:10.3897/nl.39.9882. Retrieved 27 August 2022.
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