Acanthopteroctetidae
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Acanthopteroctetidae, also known as the archaic sun moths, is a very small family, with three species residing in western North America and one found in Crimea. Moths in this family can be distinguished by their lack of ocelli and pair of segmented labial palpi.
Species
- Acanthopteroctetes aurulenta, Davis 1984
- Acanthopteroctetes bimaculata, Davis 1969
- Acanthopteroctetes tripunctata, Braun 1921
- Acanthopteroctetes unifascia, Davis 1978
- Catapterix crimaea, Zagulajev & Sinev 1988
References
- Zagulajev, A.K.; Sinev S.Y. (1988).Catapterigidae - a new family of lower Lepidoptera.Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 67. (russian)
- Davis, D.R. (1978).A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera).Smithsonian Institution Press
