Micropterix facetella

Micropterix facetella is a species of moth belonging to the family —Micropterigidae that was described by Zeller in 1851. Micropterix facetella has a 4 male facetalla to 1 female facetalla ratio and during the mating season female facetella are said to visit a flower, only to eat, and the male facetella are there for the purpose to mate. For the common ratio, the male facetella goes to a near by location that another male facetella was already there as a pursuit of competition. A competition on who will get the female first. That is why there is 4 males facetalla for every 1 female facetella. [1] It is known from Croatia and Slovenia.[2][3]

Micropterix facetella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Micropterigidae
Genus:
Micropterix
Species:
M. facetella
Binomial name
Micropterix facetella
Zeller, 1851
Synonyms
  • Micropteryx facetella Zeller, 1850 (misspelling)


References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Micropterix facetella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  2. "Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1850". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved November 12, 2013.
  3. Plotkin, David; Nazari, Vazrick; Homziak, Nicholas T.; Kawahara, Akito Y (16 May 2018). "Large male bias in collection of Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1851 (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1): 119. doi:10.3897/nl.41.23626.



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