Afrocelestis lochaea

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Afrocelestis lochaea
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Afrocelestis
Species:
A. lochaea
Binomial name
Afrocelestis lochaea
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Scardia lochaeaMeyrick, 1911

Afrocelestis lochaea is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described in 1911 by Edward Meyrick and is found on the Seychelles. [1]

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