Micropterix facetella

Micropterix facetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, which 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, which 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
Domain:	Eukaryota
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". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
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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