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Erechthias zebrina is a fungus moth (family Tineidae). Initially, it was mistakenly believed to be an ermine moth (family Yponomeutidae) of genus Argyresthia.

Erechthias zebrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Erechthias
Species:	E. zebrina
Binomial name
Erechthias zebrina (Butler, 1881)
Synonyms
Argyresthia zebrina Butler, 1881 Ereunetis zebrina Erechthias caustophara Turner, 1923 Ereunetis lanceolata Walsingham, 1897 Tinexotaxa travestita Gozmány, 1968 Ereunetis xenica Meyrick, 1911

This species has a wingspan of 8–10 mm.[1] It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1881 from Hawaii, but is a widespread species reported from Africa, the Seychelles, Réunion, Mauritius, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, China, Java, Borneo, Fiji, Samoa, Society Islands, South America (including Brazil) and the West Indies.[2]

The larvae have been collected amongst old books, in a mud dauber's abandoned nest, in houses, and on the trunk of Aleurites moluccanus. It is believed to feed upon arthropod remains and other detritus.

References

External links

• Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.
• Clarke, J. F. Gates (1971). The Lepidoptera of Rapa Island. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. (56)

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