Acridotarsa

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;

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

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

Species

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Robinson & Nielsen (1993). "Tineid Genera of Australia (Lepidoptera)". Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Vol. 2.

Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (3 September 2012). "Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863)". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 7 July 2020.

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