Tachystola Explained

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

Species include:^[2]

• Tachystola ptochodes (Turner 1917)
• Tachystola acroxantha (Meyrick 1885)
• Tachystola insinuata Meyrick 1914
• Tachystola proxena Meyrick 1914
• Tachystola hemisema Meyrick 1885
• Tachystola mulliganae Sterling, Plant & Lees 2023^{[3] [4]}
• Tachystola thiasotis Meyrick 1885
• Tachystola pyrsopa Meyrick 1921
• Tachystola oxytora (Meyrick 1885)
• Tachystola anthera (Meyrick 1885)
• Tachystola cerochyta Turner 1940
• Tachystola phaeopyra (Turner 1927)
• Tachystola sidon (Meyrick 1913)
• Tachystola homoleuca Meyrick 1885
• Tachystola enoplia (Meyrick 1885)

Notes and References

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