Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013

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Permalink:	ERECASCE
Higher taxa:	Tineidae (family)/  Erechthiinae (subfamily)/  Erechthias (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Davis & Mendel, 2013
Citation:	Erechthias ascensionae sp. n.
Original genus:	Erechthias
Publication:	Davis D. R. & Mendel H. 2013. The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae).
Journal:	ZooKeys
Volume:	341
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Pagination:	10–12, figs 5, 17, 24, 25

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013	Holotype	♂	NHMUK	Holotype ♂, NHMUK	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha], Ascension Island, 04.ix.1958, leg. E. A. G. Duffey.
Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013		♂	NHMUK	Paratuypes 6♂, genitalia slide 5854♂, wing slide 30835, NHMUK, USNM.	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	[Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha], Ascension Island, 04.ix.1958, leg. E. A. G. Duffey.

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Erechthias ascensionae Davis & Mendel, 2013	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	Ascension	Davis D. R. & Mendel H. 2013. The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae). page 11

Plant note:

Most likely plant detritivorous or lichenivorous (see D. R. Davis & H. Mendel 2013: 11).

Davis D. R. & Mendel H. 2013. The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae).

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