Acalyptris limoniastri

Acalyptris limoniastri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Acalyptris
Species:	A. limoniastri
Binomial name
	Acalyptris limoniastri; van Nieukerken & Hull, 2007

Acalyptris limoniastri is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the northern borders of the Sahara in Algeria and Tunisia.

The wingspan is 5.5–6.6 mm.

The immature stages are unknown. The species was collected in 1904 from bushes of Limoniastrum guyonianum, they are also found on Limoniastrum monopetalum.^[1] These also had mines, which probably belong to this species. These mines consist of a narrow gallery following the leaf margin upwards and down again along other the side. The frass is concentrated in narrow midline.

External links

Acalyptris Meyrick: revision of the platani and staticis groups in Europe and the Mediterranean (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

References

^ Debouba, Mohamed; Zouari, Sami; Zouari, Nacim (September 2013). "Evaluation of Antioxidant Status of Two Limoniastrum Species Growing Wild in Tunisian Salty Lands". Antioxidants. 2 (3): 122–131. doi:10.3390/antiox2030122. PMC 4665439. PMID 26784341.

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[1] Debouba, Mohamed; Zouari, Sami; Zouari, Nacim (September 2013). "Evaluation of Antioxidant Status of Two Limoniastrum Species Growing Wild in Tunisian Salty Lands". Antioxidants. 2 (3): 122–131. doi:10.3390/antiox2030122. PMC 4665439. PMID 26784341.

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