''Zaratha'' is a genus of

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 ...

s of the subfamily

Agonoxeninae The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...

Taxonomy

The genus is placed in the family

Elachistidae The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight subfamilies here, but this arrangement almost certainly result ...

Agonoxenidae The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...

Blastodacnidae The Agonoxeninae are a subfamily of moths. History of classification Formerly, the subfamily only contained four named species – all in the type genus '' Agonoxena'' – if (e.g. following Nielsen ''et al.'', 1996). Such a monotypic ar ...

Species

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Zaratha crotolitha ''Zaratha crotolitha'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian ...

'' Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia) * ''

Zaratha dicellias ''Zaratha dicellias'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by are ...

'' Meyrick, 1909 (from India) * ''

Zaratha macrocera ''Zaratha macrocera'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Panama, Colombia and Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and de ...

'' (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (from the Amazon basin) * ''

Zaratha mesonyctia ''Zaratha mesonyctia'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, in ...

'' Meyrick, 1909 (from Bolivia) * ''

Zaratha muricicoma ''Zaratha muricicoma'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae The Elachistidae (grass-miner moths) are a family of small moths in the Taxonomic rank, superfamily Gelechioidea. Some authors lumpers and splitters, lump about 3,300 species in eight ...

'' Walsingham, 1891 (from Gambia) * ''

Zaratha plumbilinea ''Zaratha plumbilinea'' is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Alexey Diakonoff in 1955. It is found in New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List o ...

'' (Diakonoff, 1955) (from New Guinea) * ''

Zaratha prosarista ''Zaratha prosarista'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by ar ...

'' Meyrick, 1909 (from India) * ''

Zaratha pterodactylella ''Zaratha pterodactylella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the sout ...

'' Walker, 1864 (from Colombia and Brazil) * ''

Zaratha trisecta ''Zaratha trisecta'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian c ...

'' Meyrick, 1915 (from Australia)

References

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Agonoxeninae Parametriotinae Moth genera {{Agonoxenidae-stub