Trichophaga robinsoni
Trichophaga robinsoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Trichophaga |
Species: | T. robinsoni |
Binomial name | |
Trichophaga robinsoni Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001[1] | |
Synonyms | |
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Trichophaga robinsoni is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands, the Selvagens Islands and Madeira.[2] It has also been recorded from Asia minor, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also a record for Fiji.
The larvae feed on decaying animal matter, including regurgitated pellets of Falco eleonorae.[3]
Taxonomy
The species was described as Tinea abruptella by Wollaston in 1858. This name is preoccupied and the new name Trichophaga robinsoni was proposed by Gaedike & Karsholt in 2001.[4] Trichophaga amina and Trichophaga desertella are alternatively listed as synonyms of Trichophaga bipartitella.
References
- ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Afro Moths
- ↑ lepiforum.de
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