Acridotarsa

Acridotarsa is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.^[2][3][4]

Acridotarsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Subfamily:	Tineinae
Genus:	Acridotarsa Meyrick, 1893
Type species
Acridotarsa mylitis[1] Meyrick, 1893
Synonyms
Ectinocampa Silvestri, 1944 Emmetoeca Meyrick, 1921 Holacarta Meyrick, 1917 Paraclystis Meyrick, 1915 Passalactis Meyrick, 1935 Plastopolypus Silvestri, 1920

The larvae are associated with termites' nests.^[5]

Species

• Acridotarsa celsella (Walker, 1863) (Australia)
• Acridotarsa conglomerata (Meyrick, 1922) (Australia)
• Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) (continental Africa & Africa)
• Acridotarsa mylitis Meyrick, 1893 (Australia)
• Acridotarsa nasutitermina (Silvestri) (Brazil)

Former species

Erechthias deloneura was formerly placed here.