Palaephatus nielseni

Palaephatus nielseni
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Palaephatidae
Genus:	Palaephatus
Species:	P. nielseni
Binomial name
	Palaephatus nielseni; Davis, 1986

Palaephatus nielseni is a moth of the family Palaephatidae. It is found in the wetter areas of the Valdivian forest region of southern Argentina and Chile.

The length of the forewings is 5.2–7 mm for males and 6–7 mm for females. Adults have lustrous, light bronzy forewings, irregularly marked with various shades of brown, fuscous and white. They are on wing from October to November, in one generation per year.^[1]

Etymology

This species is named in honor of Dr. E.S. Nielsen, in recognition of the extensive fieldwork on this and other families of primitive Lepidoptera that he has conducted in austral South America.

References

^ A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] A New Family of Monotrysian Moths from Austral South America (Lepidoptera: Palaephatidae), with a Phylogenetic Review of the Monotrysia This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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