Acalyptris terrificus

Acalyptris terrificus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae.^[2][3] It is known only from the Pacific Coast of Mexico in the Oaxaca region.^[3]

Acalyptris terrificus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Acalyptris
Species:	A. terrificus
Binomial name
Acalyptris terrificus Šimkevičiūtė & Stonis, 2009[1]

The wingspan is about 4.2 mm. Adults are on wing from November to December. The habitat consists of secondary forests.^[1]

References

1. Šimkevičiūtė, Agnė; Stonis, Jonas R. & Diškus, Arūnas (2009). "Taxonomic checklist of Nepticulidae of Mexico, with the description of three new species from the Pacific Coast (Insecta, Lepidoptera)". Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 19 (4): 268–277 [275]. doi:10.2478/v10043-009-0037-0.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Acalyptris terrificus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
3. Stonis, Jonas R.; Diškus, Arūnas; Remeikis, Andrius; Vargas, Sergio A. & Solis, M. Alma (2020). "Diagnostics and updated catalogue of Acalyptris Meyrick, the second largest genus of Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in the Americas". Zootaxa. 4748 (2): 201–247 [239]. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4748.2.1.