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- Ceratophaga is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. The name "ceratophaga" is derived from the Gr**** for "horn eater". Sixteen species are...
- Ceratophaga vastella, or the horn moth, belongs to the clothes moth family Tineidae and is noted for its larva's ability to feed on keratin from the horns...
- Ceratophaga vicinella is a species of moth belonging to the family Tineidae. It has a restricted range in the southeastern United States, mainly in Florida...
- preferentially feeds on feathers in bird nests. One remarkable genus is Ceratophaga, whose members feed exclusively on pure keratin in the form of the horns...
- of the family Tineidae. Acridotarsa Anomalotinea Asymphyla Ceratobia Ceratophaga Ceratuncus Crypsithyris Crypsithyrodes Eccritothrix Elatobia Enargocrasis...
- & Jordan, 1912) Netrocera setioides Felder, 1874 Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917) Ceratophaga vastella (Zeller, 1852) Edosa pyrochra (Gozmány, 1965)...
- Xanthopan morganii (Walker, 1856) Acridotarsa melipecta (Meyrick, 1915) Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller, 1852) Cubitofusa pseudoglebata (Gozmány, 1967) Ectabola...
- numidalis Hampson, 1900) Anomalotinea cubiculella (Staudinger, 1859) Ceratophaga infuscatella (de Joannis, 1897) Infurcitinea marcunella (Rebel, 1901)...
- semirelicta hippolyta Catocala texanae Catocala ulalume Catocala violenta Ceratophaga vicinella Chrysoclista grandis Chytonix palliatricula Citheronia regalis...
- (Meyrick, 1932) Ceratophaga luridula (Meyrick, 1932) Ceratophaga nephelotorna (Meyrick, 1932) Ceratophaga tragoptila (Meyrick, 1917) Ceratophaga vastellus (Zeller...