''Zaratha'' is a genus of
moths of the family
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus is placed in the family
Elachistidae,
Agonoxenidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...
or
Blastodacnidae
The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths.
History of classification
Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus ''Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic arr ...
.
Species
* ''
Zaratha crotolitha''
Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)
* ''
Zaratha dicellias''
Meyrick, 1909 (from India)
* ''
Zaratha macrocera''
(Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (from the Amazonas bassin)
* ''
Zaratha mesonyctia''
Meyrick, 1909 (from Bolivia)
* ''
Zaratha muricicoma''
Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia)
* ''
Zaratha plumbilinea''
(Diakonoff, 1955) (from New Guinea)
* ''
Zaratha prosarista''
Meyrick, 1909 (from India)
* ''
Zaratha pterodactylella''
Walker, 1864 (from Colombia and Brazil)
* ''
Zaratha trisecta''
Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)
References
Markku Savela's funet.fi
Agonoxeninae
Parametriotinae
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