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Acridotarsa

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

Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.

The larvae are associated with termites' nests.

Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here too.



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