Stathmopoda holochra

Stathmopoda holochra
	Illustration of female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Stathmopodidae
Genus:	Stathmopoda
Species:	S. holochra
Binomial name
	Stathmopoda holochra; Meyrick, 1889[1]

Stathmopoda holochra is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 using specimens first collected at the Wellington Botanic Garden.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The larvae of this species feed on Phormium seed heads.[4]

Description

♀. 14mm. Head, palpi, antennas, and abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, slightly reddish-tinged. Legs pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest near base, long-pointed ; pale reddish-ochreous, unicolorous : cilia pale whitish-ochreous-gi'ey. Hind-wings pale whitish-grey, posteriorly ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous-grey.[2]

References

"Stathmopoda holochra Meyrick, 1889". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
Edward Meyrick (May 1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 168. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.
John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 108. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
J. R. Grehan (January 1990). "Invertebrate survey of Somes Island (Matiu) and Mokopuna Island, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 13 (1): 62–75. doi:10.1080/00779962.1990.9722595. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54670113.

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[NZOR-1] "Stathmopoda holochra Meyrick, 1889". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-11.

[Meyrick1889-2] Edward Meyrick (May 1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 168. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.

[Dugdale1988-3] John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 108. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[Grehan-4] J. R. Grehan (January 1990). "Invertebrate survey of Somes Island (Matiu) and Mokopuna Island, Wellington Harbour, New Zealand". New Zealand Entomologist. 13 (1): 62–75. doi:10.1080/00779962.1990.9722595. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54670113.