Mecomodica

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Mecomodica fullawayi is a fungus moth (family Tineidae) of the subfamily Erechthiinae. It was first described by Otto Swezey in 1926.

Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Family:Tineidae
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Mecomodica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Mecomodica
Zimmerman, 1978
Species:
M. fullawayi
Binomial name
Mecomodica fullawayi
(Swezey , 1926)
Synonyms
  • Comodica fullawayi Swezey, 1926
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It is provisionally separated in the monotypic genus Mecomodica, described by Elwood Zimmerman in 1978, but it may belong in the related larger genera Comodica or Erechthias.

It is only known from Kure Island in the Pacific Ocean. Adults are small and mostly yellow.

  • Data related to Mecomodica at Wikispecies
  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
  • Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Mecomodica Zimmerman, 1978". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/s93616qw. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  • Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  • Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) (2010): Australian Faunal Directory Erechthias. Version of November 15, 2010. Retrieved December 23, 2011.


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