Erechthias zebrina
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Erechthias |
| Species: | E. zebrina
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| Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)
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Erechthias zebrina is a fungus moth (family Tineidae). Initially, it was mistakenly believed to be an ermine moth (family Yponomeutidae) of genus Argyresthia.
This species has a wingspan of 8–10 mm.[1] It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881 from Hawaii, but is a widespread species reported from Africa, the Seychelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, China, Java, Borneo, Fiji, Samoa, Society Islands, South America (including Brazil) and the West Indies.[2]
The larvae have been collected amongst old books, in a mud dauber's abandoned nest, in houses, and on the trunk of Aleurites moluccanus. It is believed to feed upon arthropod remains and other detritus.
References
- ^ Walsingham, 1897. Revision of the West-Indian microlepidoptera.
- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
External links
- Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
- Clarke, J. F. Gates (1971). The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (56)
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