Tiquadra nivosa

Tiquadra nivosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Tiquadra
Species:	T. nivosa
Binomial name
Tiquadra nivosa (Felder, Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)[1]
Synonyms
Scardia nivosa Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875[2]

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.

Hostplants

Its larvae were 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.