Tiquadra etiennei

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Tiquadra etiennei
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tiquadra
Species:
T. etiennei
Binomial name
Tiquadra etiennei
Viette, 1988 [1]

Tiquadra etiennei is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is endemic to Réunion island in the Indian Ocean. [2]

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References

  1. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
  2. Afro Moths