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Eucalantica vaquero

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Yponomeutidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Eucalantica

Eucalantica vaquero

Eucalantica vaquero is a moth in the Yponomeutidae family. It is found in the United States (New Mexico and Arizona) and Mexico.

The length of the forewings is 7.5–8 mm.

Etymology

The species name vaquero means the Mexican cowboy, and refers to the distribution range of the new species roughly matching with the regions under vaquero traditions.

References

Eucalantica vaquero Wikipedia