Acridotarsa

Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.[2][3][4]

Acridotarsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Subfamily: Tineinae
Genus: Acridotarsa
Meyrick, 1893
Type species
Acridotarsa mylitis[1]
Meyrick, 1893
Synonyms
  • Ectinocampa Silvestri, 1944
  • Emmetoeca Meyrick, 1921
  • Holacarta Meyrick, 1917
  • Paraclystis Meyrick, 1915
  • Passalactis Meyrick, 1935
  • Plastopolypus Silvestri, 1920

The larvae are associated with termites' nests.[5]

Species
  • Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863) (Australia)
  • Acridotarsa conglomerata (Meyrick, 1922) (Australia)
  • Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) (continental Africa)
  • Acridotarsa mylitis Meyrick, 1893 (Australia)
  • Acridotarsa nasutitermina (Silvestri) (Brazil)

Former species

Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here too.

References
  1. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2019). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Afromoths. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  2. 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.
  3. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (5 November 2004). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. Savela, Markku (26 November 2013). "Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. Robinson & Nielsen (1993). "Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera)". Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 2.


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