Terastia margaritis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875.[1] It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Katanga), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal, Gauteng) and Zambia.[2]

Terastia margaritis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Terastia
Species:
T. margaritis
Binomial name
Terastia margaritis
Synonyms
  • Agathodes margaritis C. Felder, R. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

References

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  1. ^ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. ^ De Prins, J.; De Prins, W. (2017). "Terastia margaritis (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)". Afromoths. Retrieved November 14, 2017.