Acmanthina acmanthes

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Acmanthina acmanthes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Acmanthina
Species:	A. acmanthes
Binomial name
Acmanthina acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931)[1]
Synonyms
Peronea acmanthes Meyrick, 1931 Acleris acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931) "Eulia" acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931) Haemateulia acmanthes (Meyrick, 1931)

Acmanthina acmanthes is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae in tribe Euliini.[2] It is found in Chile and Argentina.

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1931 by Edward Meyrick as Peronea acmanthes.[a] It was subsequently transferred to genus Acleris in 1958,[b] from where it was transferred in 1995 to "Eulia",[c] then in 1999 to Haemateulia,[d] and transferred once more in 2000 to its current genus, Acmanthina,[e] of which it is the namesake[3] and type species.[2]

Distribution and habitat

Acmanthina acmanthes occurs in Argentina[2] and Chile,[2] where it has been found in the Valparaiso Region (Quillota Province), the O'Higgins Region (Cachapoal Province), the Maule Region (in the Talca and Curico provinces), the Bio-Bio Region (Bio-Bio Province), the Ñuble Region, the Araucania Region (Cautín Province) and the Los Lagos Region (Llanquihue Province).[4] It has been found at elevations from 300 to 1400 m.[3]

Appearance

Acmanthina acmanthes has dark black and brown forewings with a white patch and a forewing length of 6.2–7.2 mm.[3] Antennae are serrated in male specimens only.[3]

Notes

1. in Meyrick, Edward (1931). "Micro-Lepidoptera from south Chile and Argentina". Anales Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires. 36.[3]
2. in Clarke, J.F. Gates (1958). Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick - Volume III. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2022.[3]
3. in Powell, J. A.; Razowski, J.; Brown, J. W. (1995). "Tortricidae: Tortricinae, Chlidanotinae". In Heppner, J.B. (ed.). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera, Checklist. Part II. Hyblaeoidea-Pyraloidea-Tortricoidea. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera.[3]
4. in Razowski, Józef (1999). "Euliini (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) of Chile". Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne. 68.[3]
5. in Brown, John W. (2000). "Acmanthina: a new genus of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 108.[2]

References

1. Gilligan, T.M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J.W. (2018). "Acmanthina". T@RTS: Online World Catalogue of the Tortricidae (Ver. 4.0). Retrieved 31 August 2022.
2. Brown, John W.; Razowski, Józef (2003). "Description of Ptychocroca, a new genus from Chile and Argentina, with comments on the Bonagota Razowski group of genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Euliini)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 303. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
3. Brown, John W. (2000). "Acmanthina: a new genus of tortricid moths from Chile and Argentina". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 108. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
4. Razowski, J.; Pelz, V. (2010). "Tortricidae from Chile (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 38 (149). Retrieved 31 August 2022.