Wegneria lachanitis

(Wegneria lachanitis)

Description

Wegneria lachanitis is a moth of the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1906. It is found in Sri Lanka and India. The caterpillars use fungi as their host plants.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum:

Class: Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Tineidae

Genus:Wegneria

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