Trachonitis (moth) explained

Trachonitis is a genus of snout moths. It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.

Species

• Trachonitis capensis Hampson, 1901 (often placed in Flabellobasis)
• Trachonitis cristella (Hübner, 1776) (Europe)
• Trachonitis odilella Legrand, 1966 (from the Seychelles)
• Trachonitis renatella Legrand, 1966 (from the Seychelles)

References

• De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. 2014. Afromoths, online database of Afrotropical moth species (Lepidoptera). Accessed 27 July 2014.