Micropterix facetella
Micropterix facetella is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae, which was described by Zeller in 1851. Micropterix facetella has a 4 male facetalla to 1 female facetalla ratio and during the mating season female facetella are said to visit a flower, only to eat, and the male facetella are there for the purpose to mate. For the common ratio, the male facetella goes to a near by location that another male facetella was already there as a pursuit of competition. A competition on who will get the female first, which is why there is 4 males facetalla for every 1 female facetella.[1] It is known from Croatia and Slovenia.[2][3]
| Micropterix facetella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Micropterix |
| Species: | M. facetella |
| Binomial name | |
| Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1851 | |
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References
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Micropterix facetella". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- "Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1850". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- Plotkin, David; Nazari, Vazrick; Homziak, Nicholas T.; Kawahara, Akito Y (16 May 2018). "Large male bias in collection of Micropterix facetella Zeller, 1851 (Lepidoptera, Micropterigidae)". Nota Lepidopterologica. 41 (1): 119. doi:10.3897/nl.41.23626.
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