''Scythris pseudarachnodes'' 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 ...

of the family Scythrididae. It was described by Bengt Å. Bengtsson in 1997. 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 ...

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Tenerife Tenerife (; ; formerly spelled ''Teneriffe'') is the largest and most populous island of the Canary Islands. It is home to 43% of the total population of the Archipelago, archipelago. With a land area of and a population of 978,100 inhabitant ...

Etymology

The species name refers to the similar species ''

Scythris arachnodes ''Scythris arachnodes'' is a moth of the family Scythrididae. It is found on the Canary Islands. The wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boe ...

'' plus Latin ''pseudo'' (meaning false).lepiforum.de
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References

pseudarachnodes Moths described in 1997 Moths of Africa {{Scythrididae-stub