Zaratha

Updated on Oct 26, 2023

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Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Rank Genus

Family Agonoxenidae (disputed) Similar Agonoxeninae, Butterflies and moths, Acrolepiidae, Nemophora, Thysania

Zaratha is a genus of moths of the Agonoxenidae family.

Taxonomy

The genus is placed in the Elachistidae, Agonoxenidae or Blastodacnidae family.

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)

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