Trichophaga robinsoni

Trichophaga robinsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Trichophaga
Species: T. robinsoni
Binomial name
Trichophaga robinsoni
Gaedike & Karsholt, 2001[1]
Synonyms
  • Tinea abruptella Wollaston, 1858 (preocc. Tinea abruptella Thunberg, 1794)
  • Trichophaga abruptella
  • ?Trichophaga desertella Mabille, 1907
  • ?Trichophaga amina Meyrick, 1925

Trichophaga robinsoni is a moth of the Tineidae family. It is found on the Canary Islands, the Selvagens Islands and Madeira.[2] It has also been recorded from Asia minor, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Somalia, the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is also a record for Fiji.

The larvae feed on decaying animal matter, including regurgitated pellets of Falco eleonorae.[3]

Taxonomy

The species was described as Tinea abruptella by Wollaston in 1858. This name is preoccupied and the new name Trichophaga robinsoni was proposed by Gaedike & Karsholt in 2001.[4] Trichophaga amina and Trichophaga desertella are alternatively listed as synonyms of Trichophaga bipartitella.

References

  1. ↑ Robinson, Gaden S. [2010]: Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  3. ↑ Afro Moths
  4. ↑ lepiforum.de


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