Zaratha

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Zaratha
Zaratha muricicoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Subfamily:	Agonoxeninae
Genus:	Zaratha Walker, 1864

Zaratha is a genus of moths of the subfamily Agonoxeninae.

Taxonomy

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

Species

• Zaratha crotolitha Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)
• Zaratha dicellias Meyrick, 1909 (from India)
• Zaratha macrocera (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (from the Amazon basin)
• 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

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