Tiquadra nivosa

Tiquadra nivosa is a moth of the family Tineidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is known from Brazil.

Tiquadra nivosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Tiquadra
Species:
T. nivosa
Binomial name
Tiquadra nivosa
Synonyms
  • Scardia nivosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875[2]

Hostplants

Its larvae was found in rotten stems of papaya (Carica papaya L.).[3]

References
  1. animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu
  2. Yu, Dicky Sick Ki (1997–2012). "Tiquadra nivosa (Felder & Rogenhofer 1875)". Home of Ichneumonoidea. Taxapad. Archived from the original on March 20, 2017.
  3. da Costa Lima, 1945. Insetos do Brasil, Tomo5. Lepidopteros. - Escola Nacional de Agronomia série Didactica No.7: 1-379.


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