Atteva punctella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) in South Africa?

[Pierre Zagatti]

Christopher Majka wrote:

> Hi Michael,
>
> On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Michael Gochfeld wrote:
>
> > I wonder what the etymology of Yponomeutidae would be.
>
> I absolutely cannot imagine ... ;-> Any etymologists out there who are
> knowledgeable?
> ...

Found in Remy Perrier's work 'Faune de la France illustree, 1926' :

Yponomeuta Latreille : from greek yponomein : to mine

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