Erechthias chionodira

Erechthias chionodira is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880 using two specimens obtained in Auckland on a shady bank amongst forest in January.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Erechthias chionodira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species:
E. chionodira
Binomial name
Erechthias chionodira
Synonyms
  • Hectacma chionodira (Meyrick, 1880)

References

  1. "Erechthias chionodira Meyrick, 1880". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-02-10.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1880). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Tineina (contd.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 204–271. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15879 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.


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