''Scythris falkovitshi'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

species of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Kari Nupponen in 2009. It is found in

Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (, ; uz, Ozbekiston, italic=yes / , ; russian: Узбекистан), officially the Republic of Uzbekistan ( uz, Ozbekiston Respublikasi, italic=yes / ; russian: Республика Узбекистан), is a doubly landlocked co ...

. The habitat consists of edges of saline deserts with

halophytic A halophyte is a salt-tolerant plant that grows in soil or waters of high salinity, coming into contact with saline water through its roots or by salt spray, such as in saline semi-deserts, mangrove swamps, marshes and sloughs and seashores. ...

vegetation.

Etymology

The species is dedicated to Dr. Mark I. Falkovitsh, a Russian lepidopterist who discovered several new taxa of Scythrididae from the deserts of Uzbekistan in the 1940s.

References

falkovitshi Moths described in 2009 Moths of Asia {{Scythrididae-stub