Gillmeria rhusiodactyla

Gillmeria rhusiodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae first was found in Armenia.[1]

Gillmeria rhusiodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Pterophoridae
Genus:
Gillmeria
Species:
G. rhusiodactyla
Binomial name
Gillmeria rhusiodactyla
(Fuchs, 1903)
Synonyms
  • Platyptilia rhusiodactyla Fuchs, 1903

Distribution areas are Armenia, Azerbaijan, southern part of European Russia, western Kazakhstan.[2]

The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). The forewings are rust brown. The hindwings are also rust brown, with lighter fringes.[3]

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Platyptilia rhusiodactyla". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 4, 2018.
  2. Far Eastern Entomologist|http://www.biosoil.ru/Files/FEE/00000918.pdf | page 4
  3. "Entomologische Zeitung". Retrieved 8 July 2011.


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