Erechthias dracaenura is a moth of the family Tineidae. It is endemic to São Tomé Island, an island off the western equatorial coast of Central Africa.[1] The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1934.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Erechthias |
| Species: | E. dracaenura
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| Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)
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The length of the forewings is about 8 mm. The forewings have a whitish background colour, irrorated (speckled) with isolated brown scales and marked with 6–8 scattered, moderately large, darker brown to black spots.[2]
References
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- ^ De Prins, J. & De Prins, W. (2018). "Erechthias dracaenura (Meyrick, 1934)". Afromoths. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- ^ Davis, D.R.; Mendel, H. 2013: "The genus Erechthias Meyrick of Ascension Island, including discovery of a new brachypterous species (Lepidoptera, Tineidae)". ZooKeys, 341: 1-20. doi:10.3897/zookeys.341.6146
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