Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920

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Higher taxa:	Lecithoceridae (family)/  Lecithocerinae (subfamily)/  Eridachtha (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	Meyrick, 1920
Citation:	Eridachtha calamopis, n. sp.
Original genus:	Eridachtha
Publication:	Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera.
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Pagination:	76–77
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/56561481

Eridachtha calamopis (1)

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Taxonomic note:

Male genitalia described and figured in K.-T. Park et al. 2024: 279–280.

Park K.-T., Minet J., Koo J.-M. & Yu T.-U. 2024a. Review of the Afrotropical members of the genus Eridachtha Meyrick, 1910 (Lepidoptera: Lecithoceridae: Lecithocerinae), with descriptions of 12 new species.

Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920	Lectotype	♂	MNHN	Lectotype ♂, designated by P. Viette (1951b: 90), genitalia slide J. Minet 1668♂, MNHN.	Kenya	Kenya, British East Africa, 2400 m, i–ii.1912, leg. Ch. Aluaud & R. Jeannel.	Viette P. 1951b. Les types de Tinéides de Meyrick appartenant au Muséum de Paris (Lep.). page 76–77
Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920	Paralectotype	♂	NHMUK	3 Paralectotypes ♂, ♀, MNHN, NHMUK.	Kenya	Kenya, British East Africa, 2400 m, i–ii.1912, leg. Ch. Aluaud & R. Jeannel.	Viette P. 1951b. Les types de Tinéides de Meyrick appartenant au Muséum de Paris (Lep.). page 76–77

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Eridachtha calamopis Meyrick, 1920	Kenya		Meyrick E. 1920a. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale (1911–1912). Résultats Scientifiques. Insectes Lépidoptères II. Microlepidoptera. page 77

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Eridachtha calamopis (1)

Eridachtha calamopis (2)

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