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Miarotagmata

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Genus of moths

Miarotagmata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Miarotagmata
Gozmány & Vári, 1973
Species: M. penetrata
Binomial name
Miarotagmata penetrata
(Meyrick, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Tinea penetrata Meyrick, 1912
  • Tinea myelopis Meyrick, 1927

Miarotagmata is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Miarotagmata penetrata, which is found in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

This species has a wingspan of 11 mm.

References

  1. Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  2. De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2017). "Miarotagmata penetrata (Meyrick, 1911)". Afromoths. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
  3. Gozmány L. A. & Vári L. 1973. The Tineidae of the Ethiopian Region. - Transvaal Museum Memoir 18:i–vi, 1–238.
Taxon identifiers
Miarotagmata penetrata


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