''Marasmarcha'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
s in the family
Pterophoridae
The Pterophoridae or plume moths are a family of Lepidoptera with unusually modified wings, giving them the shape of a narrow winged airplane. Though they belong to the Apoditrysia like the larger moths and the butterflies, unlike these they are ...
erected by
Edward Meyrick
Edward Meyrick (25 November 1854 – 31 March 1938) was an English schoolmaster and amateur entomologist. He was an expert on microlepidoptera and some consider him one of the founders of modern microlepidoptera systematics.
Life and work
Ed ...
in 1886.
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following three species for the genus:
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Marasmarcha ammonias
''Marasmarcha'' is a genus of moths in the family Pterophoridae erected by Edward Meyrick in 1886.
Species
, the Catalogue of the Pterophoroidea of the World lists the following three species for the genus:
*''Marasmarcha ammonias'' Meyrick, 19 ...
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Meyrick, 1909
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Marasmarcha asiatica''
(Rebel, 1902)
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Marasmarcha bengtssoni''
(Gielis, 2009)
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Marasmarcha bonaespei''
(Walsingham, 1881)
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Marasmarcha brevirostris''
(Walsingham, 1915)
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Marasmarcha cinnamomeus''
(Staudinger, 1870)
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Marasmarcha colossa''
Caradja, 1920
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Marasmarcha corniculata''
(Meyrick, 1913)
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Marasmarcha ehrenbergianus''
(Zeller, 1841)
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Marasmarcha empedota''
(Meyrick, 1908)
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Marasmarcha fauna''
(Millière, 1871)
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Marasmarcha iranica''
Arenberger, 1999
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Marasmarcha lamborni''
Kovtunovich & Ustjuzhanin, 2014
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Marasmarcha locharcha''
(Meyrick, 1924)
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Marasmarcha lunaedactyla''
(Haworth, 1811)
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Marasmarcha lydia''
Ustjuzhanin, 1996
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Marasmarcha oxydactylus''
(Staudinger, 1859)
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Marasmarcha picardi''
Gibeaux, 1990
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Marasmarcha pulcher''
(Christoph, 1885)
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Marasmarcha rhypodactylus''
(Staudinger, 1870)
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Marasmarcha rubriacuta''
(Gielis, 2009)
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Marasmarcha samarcandica''
Gerasimov, 1930
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Marasmarcha sisyrodes''
Meyrick, 1921
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Marasmarcha spinosa''
Meyrick, 1925
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Marasmarcha tugaicola''
Zagulajev, 1986
References
Marasmarchini
Moth genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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