Elachistidae

Cock, Matthew J. W., 2017, A preliminary catalogue of the moths (Lepidoptera except Papilionoidea) of Tobago, West Indies, Insecta Mundi 2017 (585), pp. 1-58 : 5-6

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5169300

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FD6AA26F-0681-49CC-8728-21B768413167

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C7BD29-DF38-A971-13D3-745EFAD9FED6

treatment provided by

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scientific name

Elachistidae
status

 

Family Elachistidae View in CoL

The former family Ethmiidae ( Ethmia spp. ) are now treated as the subfamily Ethmiinae of Elachistidae ( Kaila 2004, Nieukerken et al. 2011). Nomenclature follows Powell (1973).

Ethmia elutella Busck, 1914

Identified from Powell (1973).

Charlotteville, at light: 3♂, 6♀ 15–19 Jun 1998 (Roger Hammond & Piers Meynell) [♂, 2♀ MJWC; 2♀ UWIZM.CABI.4202–03; 2♂, 2♀ NHMUK] ; 2♂, ♀ 14–18 Jun 1999 (Roger Hammond) [ UWIZM. CABI.8161–63]

Ethmia festiva Busck, 1914

Identified from Powell (1973).

Speyside, MVL: ♂ (left hindwing and abdomen missing) 14–17 May 1982 (M.J.W. Cock) [MJWC]

NHMUK

Natural History Museum, London

UWIZM

The University of the West Indies Zoology Museum

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

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