Tinissa rigida

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Tinissa rigida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinissa
Species:
T. rigida
Binomial name
Tinissa rigida
Meyrick, 1910
Synonyms
  • Tinissa heterograptaMeyrick, 1928
  • Tinissa chloroplocamaMeyrick, 1938

Tinissa rigida is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is found from Kai Island to New Guinea and has also been recorded from Kuranda, Queensland, Australia.

The larvae probably feed on fungi growing on trees in forests.


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