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| Acridotarsa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Subfamily: | Tineinae |
| Genus: | Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Acridotarsa mylitis[1] Meyrick, 1893 | |
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Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.[2][3][4]
Species
[edit]- Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863) (Australia)
- Acridotarsa conglomerata (Meyrick, 1922) (Australia)
- Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) (continental Africa & Africa)
- Acridotarsa mylitis Meyrick, 1893 (Australia)
- Acridotarsa nasutitermina (Silvestri) (Brazil)
Former species
[edit]Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here.
References
[edit]- ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Acridotarsa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
- ↑ Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ↑ Savela, Markku (26 November 2013). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ↑ Robinson & Nielsen (1993). "Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera)". Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 2.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Acridotarsa.
- Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 September 2012). "Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
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