Trichophaga robinsoni

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Trichophaga robinsoni
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Trichophaga
Species:
T. robinsoni
Binomial name
Trichophaga robinsoni
Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001 [1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea abruptellaWollaston, 1858 (preocc. Tinea abruptella Thunberg, 1794)
  • Trichophaga abruptella(Wollaston, 1858)
  • ?Trichophaga desertellaMabille, 1907
  • ?Trichophaga aminaMeyrick, 1925

Trichophaga robinsoni is a moth of the family Tineidae. 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 Thomas Vernon Wollaston in 1858. This name is preoccupied and the new name Trichophaga robinsoni was proposed by Reinhard Gaedike and Ole Karsholt in 2001. [4] Trichophaga amina and Trichophaga desertella are alternatively listed as synonyms of Trichophaga bipartitella .

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References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Trichophaga abruptella (Wollaston T. V., 1858)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 31, 2018.
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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