Ceratophaga
Sign in to savethumb|An African species of horn moth, [[Ceratophaga vastella, on old kudu horns. Cases with the exuviae of the emerged moths protruding from the open ends are empty, while intact cases with their ends still closed, contain larvae or pupae of the moths.]]
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Vinony's link graph records 4 inbound references to Ceratophaga, and connects out to genus, Ceratophaga vastella and United States.
Vinony files it under Ceratophaga and Tineidae genera.
Vinony links it to 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 30
- Family
- Tineidae
- Collections
- USNM, SAM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa
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thumb|An African species of horn moth, [[Ceratophaga vastella, on old kudu horns. Cases with the exuviae of the emerged moths protruding from the open ends are empty, while intact cases with their ends still closed, contain larvae or pupae of the moths.]]
Ceratophaga is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The genus name comes from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras), meaning 'horn', and φάγος (phágos), meaning 'eater'. Sixteen species are currently recognised, widespread in the Afrotropical realm and Asia. In the Americas one species has been described: Ceratophaga vicinella, which occurs in the southeastern United States. Twelve of the known species occur in Africa, and of those Ceratophaga vastella is perhaps the best-known.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ceratophaga” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.