Trichophaga mormopis

Species of moth

Trichophaga mormopis

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Tineidae
Genus:  | Trichophaga
Species:  |

T. mormopis

Binomial name
Trichophaga mormopis

Meyrick, 1935

Synonyms

* Trichophaga percna Corbet & Tams, 1943

Trichophaga mormopis is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1935. It is widely distributed from Africa to India, Sri Lanka, Malaya, Taiwan and Fiji. It was first recorded from Hawaii in 1944.

The wingspan is 6–8 mm.

The larvae feed on a variety of dead materials, including fur, skin, woolen materials and feathers.

## External links[edit]

* Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.

Taxon identifiers

Trichophaga mormopis|

* Wikidata: Q7840887
* AfroMoths: TRICMORM
* CoL: 58GXN
* EoL: 246750
* GBIF: 1857573
* iNaturalist: 330509
* IRMNG: 11296195
* LepIndex: 132957
* NBN: NHMSYS0000504575
* Open Tree of Life: 3034151

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