Acteniopsis kurdistanella
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Acteniopsis kurdistanella is a species of snout moths
Pyralidae
The Pyralidae or snout moths are a family of Lepidoptera in the ditrysian superfamily Pyraloidea. In many classifications, the grass moths are included in the Pyralidae as a subfamily, making the combined group one of the largest families in the Lepidoptera...

 in the genus Acteniopsis
Acteniopsis
Acteniopsis is a genus of snout moths in the subfamily Pyralinae. It was described by Amsel in 1959, and is known from the United Arab Emirates.-Species:* Acteniopsis kurdistanella Amsel, 1959* Acteniopsis robustus Asselbergs, 2010...

. It was described by Amsel, in 1959. It is found in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 and Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

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Subspecies

  • Acteniopsis kurdistanella kurdistanella (Iraq)
  • Acteniopsis kurdistanella unicolorella Amsel, 1961 (Iran)
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