Zaratha

Zaratha
Zaratha muricicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Agonoxenidae (disputed)
Genus:	Zaratha Walker, 1864

Zaratha is a genus of moths of the family Agonoxenidae.

Taxonomy[]

The genus is placed in the family Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae or Blastodacnidae.

Species[]

• Zaratha crotolitha Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)
• Zaratha dicellias Meyrick, 1909 (from India)
• Zaratha macrocera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (from the Amazonas bassin)
• Zaratha mesonyctia Meyrick, 1909 (from Bolivia)
• Zaratha muricicoma Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia)
• Zaratha plumbilinea (Diakonoff, 1955) (from New Guinea)
• Zaratha prosarista Meyrick, 1909 (from India)
• Zaratha pterodactylella Walker, 1864 (from Colombia and Brazil)
• Zaratha trisecta Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)

References[]

• Markku Savela's funet.fi

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