Thubana eremophila
Appearance
Thubana eremophila | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lecithoceridae |
Genus: | Thubana |
Species: | T. eremophila
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Binomial name | |
Thubana eremophila Park, 2013
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Thubana eremophila is a moth in the family Lecithoceridae. It was described by Kyu-Tek Park in 2013. It is found in Cambodia.[1]
The wingspan is 16–17 mm.
Etymology
[edit]The species name is said to be derived from Greek eremos (meaning lonely, solitary) and philus (meaning love).[2] In ancient Greek, the proper word for "love" (in the sense of affection or fondness) is philia (φιλία) or philos (φῖλος).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Savela, Markku (August 4, 2016). "Thubana eremophila Park, 2013". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
- ^ Park, K. T.; Bae, Y. S. & Kim, S. (2013). "Three new species of Thubana Walker, 1864 from Cambodia and Malaysian Borneo (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae)". SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología. 41 (163): 311-316.
- ^ Liddell, H. G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Greek-English Lexicon: Revised and Augmented Throughout by Sir Henry Stuart Jones With the Assistance of Roderick McKenzie. Oxford: Clarendon Press.