''Eteobalea vinsoni'' is a

moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

in the family

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previ ...

. It is found on

Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ...

and

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in the Indian Ocean.

Subspecies

*''Eteobalea vinsoni vinsoni'' (Viette, 1953) - from Mauritius *''Eteobalea vinsoni abcedella'' (Viette, 1957) - from Réunion

References

*Viette, P. 1953c. Description de deux nouveaux microlépidoptères de l'Ile Maurice. - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de France 78(2–3):138–141. *Viette, P. 1957c. Lépidoptères (excepté les Tordeuses et les Géométrides). – In: La Faune entomologique de l'Ile de la Réunion. I. - Mémoires de l'Institut scientifique de Madagascar (E)8:137–226; pls. 1–4. Eteobalea Moths described in 1953 {{Cosmopteriginae-stub