''Erechthias darwini'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Tineidae Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...

. It is endemic to St. Paul’s Rocks, a group of 15 small islets and rocks in the central equatorial

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. It was first recorded by

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. The length of the forewings is about 6 mm. Adults are small and brown. The larvae have been collected from seabird nests where they probably feed on seaweed., 1983: Darwin's moth from St. Paul's Rocks: a new species of ''Erechthias'' (Tineidae). ''Systematic Entomology'' 8 (3): 303-311. Abstract:

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Moths described in 1983 Erechthiinae {{Tineidae-stub