Erechthias decoranda: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Tineidae
- Genus
- Erechthias
- Species
- Erechthias decoranda
- Scientific Name
- Erechthias decoranda
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Erechthias decoranda
Erechthias decoranda is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1925. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Chatham Islands. Larvae of species in the genus Erechthias feed on dead plant debris or the tough leaves of plants such as palms. Adults are on the wing in October, December and March.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Erechthias acontistes
- Erechthias acontotypa
- Erechthias acrodina
- Erechthias amphibaphes
- Erechthias ascensionae
- Erechthias atririvis
- Erechthias beeblebroxi
- Erechthias calypta
- Erechthias capnitis
- Erechthias charadrota
- Erechthias chasmatias
- Erechthias chionodira
- Erechthias citrinopa
- Erechthias coprosoma
- Erechthias crypsimima
- Erechthias cursoriatella
- Erechthias darwini
- Erechthias decoranda
- Erechthias diacrita
- Erechthias diaphora
- Erechthias dissimulans
- Erechthias dracaenura
- Erechthias epispora
- Erechthias epomadia
- Erechthias eurylyta
- Erechthias exospila
- Erechthias externella
- Erechthias flavistriata
- Erechthias fulguritella
- Erechthias glossophora
- Erechthias glyphidaula
- Erechthias grayi
- Erechthias hemiclistra
- Erechthias indicans
- Erechthias ioloxa
- Erechthias itoi
- Erechthias kerri
- Erechthias lychnopa
- Erechthias macrozyga
- Erechthias minuscula
- Erechthias molynta
- Erechthias mystacinella
- Erechthias nigrocaputis
- Erechthias nigromaculella
- Erechthias pachygramma
- Erechthias pelotricha
- Erechthias pentatypa
- Erechthias polyplaga
- Erechthias richardella
- Erechthias saitoi
- Erechthias scaligera
- Erechthias simulans
- Erechthias sphenoschista
- Erechthias sphenotoma
- Erechthias stilbella
- Erechthias terminella
- Erechthias transfumata
- Erechthias zebrina






























