''Scythris hierroella'' 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 Klimesch in 1986. It is found on the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Mo ...
(
El Hierro
El Hierro, nicknamed ''Isla del Meridiano'' (the "Meridian Island"), is the second-smallest and farthest-south and -west of the Canary Islands (an autonomous community of Spain), in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Africa, with a populatio ...
).
"''Scythris'' Hübner,
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''.
References
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''.
References
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Moths described in 1986
Moths of Africa
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