Wegneria lachanitis

Wegneria lachanitis is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1906.[1] It is found in Sri Lanka[2] and India.

Wegneria lachanitis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Wegneria
Species:
W. lachanitis
Binomial name
Wegneria lachanitis
(Meyrick, 1906)
Synonyms
  • Opogona lachanitis Meyrick, 1906

The caterpillars use fungi as their host plants.[3]

References
  1. "Species Details: Wegneria lachanitis (Meyrick, 1906)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  2. Koçak, Ahmet Ömer; Kemal, Muhabbet (20 February 2012). "Preliminary list of the Lepidoptera of Sri Lanka". Cesa News. Centre for Entomological Studies Ankara (79): 1–57 – via Academia.
  3. "HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants". The Natural History Museum. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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