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Tachystola

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Tachystola
Tachystola acroxantha
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Tachystola
Meyrick, 1914
Synonyms

Parocystola Turner, 1896

Tachystola is a genus of the concealer moth family (Oecophoridae), in the Oecophorinae subfamily. It is an Australasian genus of fourteen species with one found in Europe, which is presumably an introduction.[1][2]

Species

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Species include:[2]

References

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  1. ^ Emmet, A Maitland; Langmaid, John R; Bland, K P; Fletcher, D S; Harley, B H; Robinson, G S; Skinner, Bernard; Tremewan, W S, eds. (2002). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 4, Part 1. Colchester: Harley Books. ISBN 0-946589-66-6.
  2. ^ a b "Tachystola Meyrick 1914". EOL. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  3. ^ Sterling, Mark J.; Plant, Colin W.; Lees, David C. (2023). "Tachystola mulliganae sp. nov. (Lep.: Oecophoridae), a Western Australian species adventive in West London". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. 135 (6): 225–24.
  4. ^ "Ealing: New species of moth discovered in west London park". BBC News. 5 December 2023.