Electracma

Electracma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Tribe: Chlidanotini
Genus: Electracma
Meyrick, 1906
Species

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Electracma is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae.

Larvae of the South African species Electracma minyops can be seen inhabiting the galls of white milkwood (Sideroxylon inerme).[1]

Species

There are currently two species belonging to this genus. They are listed below:

References

  1. ↑ "A New Afrotropical Chlidanotini Species (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) Inhabiting Galls of White Milkwood, Sideroxylon inerme, in South Africa". African Entomology. 2014. doi:10.4001/003.022.0424.short.
  • Meyrick, 1906, Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 17: 413.
  • Brown, John W., 2005, World Catalogue of Insects volume 5 Tortricidae