Erechthias dracaenura
Erechthias dracaenura is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island, an island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.[1] The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.
Erechthias dracaenura | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Erechthias |
Species: | E. dracaenura |
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Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934) | |
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The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. The forewings have a whitish background colour, irrorated (speckled) with isolated brown scales and marked with 6–8 scattered, moderately large, darker brown to black spots.[2]
References
- De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- Davis, D.R.; Mendel, H. 2013: "The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae)". ZooKeys, 341: 1-20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.341.6146
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