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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