Erechthias dracaenura

Erechthias dracaenura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species: E. dracaenura
Binomial name
Erechthias dracaenura
(Meyrick, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Decadarchis dracaenura Meyrick, 1934

Erechthias dracaenura is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is endemic to São Tomé, an island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.

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.[1]

References

  1. 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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