Erechthias zebrina

Erechthias zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Erechthias
Species:	E. zebrina
Binomial name
	Erechthias zebrina; (Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
	Argyresthia zebrina Butler, 1881; Ereunetis zebrina; Erechthias caustophara Turner, 1923; Ereunetis lanceolata Walsingham, 1897; Tinexotaxa travestita Gozmány, 1968; Ereunetis xenica Meyrick, 1911;

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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[1] Walsingham, 1897. Revision of the West-Indian microlepidoptera.

[2] De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)". Afromoths. Retrieved July 13, 2018.

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