Wegneria lachanitis

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Wegneria lachanitis
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W. lachanitis
Binomial name
Wegneria lachanitis
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Opogona lachanitisMeyrick, 1906

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]

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References

  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. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 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)