Tabulaephorus maracandicus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Tajikistan[1] and Uzbekistan.[2] The species was first described in 1998, by Ernst Arenberger and Ulf Buchsbaum, from two female specimens from Uzbekistan.[2] An additional specimen was described from Tajikistan in 2001.[1] Male genitalia were first described in 2022.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Tabulaephorus |
| Species: | T. maracandicus
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| Tabulaephorus maracandicus Arenberger & Buchsbaum, 1998[1]
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The wingspan is about 24 mm.[2] Adults have been recorded in July.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Arenberger, E. (December 2001). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 4. Teil, mit der Beschreibung von Agdistis tigrovaja sp.n. (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 4. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ a b c d Arenberger, E.; Buchsbaum, U. (October 1998). "Pterophoridae aus Zentralasieii und angrenzenden Territorien. -1. Teil (Lepidoptera)," (PDF). Quadrifina (in German). 1. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- ^ a b Nupponen, K. (2022). "Description of a new Pterophoridae from Kazakhstan and new distribution records from central Palearctic region (Insecta: Lepidoptera)". SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 50 (197): 66. ISSN 0300-5267. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
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