Acridotarsa
Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Tineinae |
| Genus: | Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Acridotarsa mylitis [1] Meyrick, 1893 | |
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The larvae are associated with termites' nests.[3]
Species
- Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863) (Australia)
- Acridotarsa conglomerata (Meyrick, 1922) (Australia)
- Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) (continental Africa)
- Acridotarsa mylitis Meyrick, 1893 (Australia)
- Acridotarsa nasutitermina (Silvestri) (Brazil)
Former species
Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here too.
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.04-MAR-2017)
- Markku Savela's ftp.funet.fi
- Lepidoptera Butterflyhouse.com.au
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2016. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). World Wide Web electronic publication (www.afromoths.net) (acc.04-Mar-2017)
- Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
- Robinson & Nielsen, 1993. Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera). Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol.2.
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