Stictoptera hironsi
| Stictoptera hironsi | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
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| Species: | S. hironsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Stictoptera hironsi Barnett, Emms & Holloway, 1998
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Stictoptera hironsi, the St. Valentine's Day moth, is a moth of the family Euteliidae. It was described by L. K. Barnett, C. W. Emms and J. D. Holloway in 1998 and is endemic to the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean.
The larvae probably feed on Calophyllum inophyllum.
Etymology
The capture of one of the
St Valentine's Day moth.[1]
References
- ^ Nuttall, Nick. Amateur helps to identify new moth species. The Times June 9, 1997, page 5
External links
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- Barnett, L. K.; Emms, C. W. & Holloway, J. D. (July 1, 1999). "The moths of the Chagos Archipelago with notes on their biogeography". Journal of Natural History. 33 (7): 1021–1038. .