Zaratha
Genus of moths
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Zaratha is a genus of moths of the subfamily Agonoxeninae.
| Zaratha | |
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| Zaratha muricicoma | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Subfamily: | Agonoxeninae |
| Genus: | Zaratha Walker, 1864 |
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)
