Glaucocharis pyrsophanes

Glaucocharis pyrsophanes is a moth in the family Crambidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1882.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1][4] Adults of this moth are known to pollinate Leptospermum scoparium and Helichrysum selago.[5]

Glaucocharis pyrsophanes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Glaucocharis
Species:
G. pyrsophanes
Binomial name
Glaucocharis pyrsophanes
(Meyrick, 1882)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Diptychophora pyrsophanes Meyrick, 1882
  • Pareromene pyrsophanes (Meyrick, 1882)

References
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  1. "NZOR Name Details - Glaucocharis pyrsophanes (Meyrick, 1882)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 186–187 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  5. Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q54669862.


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