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| Polymixis ivanchiki | |
|---|---|
| Male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Polymixis |
| Species: | P. ivanchiki |
| Binomial name | |
| Polymixis ivanchiki Pekarsky, 2012 | |
Polymixis ivanchiki is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in the Near East (Israel, Lebanon and south-western Iran) and the southern parts of Turkey (the provinces of Hatay and Urfa).[1]
The wingspan is 38–40 mm. The head, thorax and forewings are dark brownish grey mixed with black hair-like scales. The hindwings are shining white with some black scales on the veins. The discal spot is pale gray and the terminal line is black.
Etymology
[edit]The species named in honour of Ukrainian zoologists, Ivanchik Taisiya Semenivna (1937-2007) and Ivanchik Grigoriy Semenovich (1929–2011), teachers of Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biology, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University.
References
[edit]- ↑ Pekarsky, O. (2012). "Taxonomic overview of Polymixis serpentina (Treitschke, 1825) species-group, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae, Xyleninae)". ZooKeys (201): 15–26. doi:10.3897/zookeys.201.3035. PMC 3385846. PMID 22768001.
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