Terastia margaritis

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Terastia margaritis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Terastia
Species:
T. margaritis
Binomial name
Terastia margaritis
Synonyms
  • Agathodes margaritisC. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Terastia margaritis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. [1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng) and Zambia. [2]

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References

  1. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Terastia margaritis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.