Wegneria lachanitis

Wegneria lachanitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Wegneria
Species:	W. lachanitis
Binomial name
	Wegneria lachanitis; (Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
	Opogona lachanitisMeyrick, 1906;

Last updated November 24, 2025

Wegneria lachanitis is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.^[1] It is found in Sri Lanka ^[2] and India.

The caterpillars use fungi as their host plants.^[3]

References

↑ "Species Details: Wegneria lachanitis (Meyrick, 1906)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
↑ Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.
↑ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw . Retrieved 28 March 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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[1] "Species Details: Wegneria lachanitis (Meyrick, 1906)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[2] Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News (79). Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara: 1–57 – via Academia.

[3] Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian; Beccaloni, George W.; Hernández, Luis M. (2023). "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. doi:10.5519/havt50xw . Retrieved 28 March 2018.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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