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.

External links

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