Acridotarsa
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| Acridotarsa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.[2][3][4]
The larvae are associated with termites' nests.[5]
Species
[edit | edit source]- 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 | edit source]Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here.
References
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- ^ Robinson & Nielsen (1993). "Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera)". Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 2.
External links
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