Eucalantica vaquero

Eucalantica vaquero
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Eucalantica
Species: E. vaquero
Binomial name
Eucalantica vaquero
Sohn, 2011

Eucalantica vaquero is a moth in the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in the United States (New Mexico and Arizona) and Mexico.[1]

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm.

Etymology

The species name vaquero means the Mexican cowboy, and refers to the distribution range of the new species roughly matching with the regions under vaquero traditions.

References

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