Tawhitia glaucophanes

Tawhitia glaucophanes is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand,[4] where it has been recorded from Fiordland to Mount Cook.[5]

Tawhitia glaucophanes
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Tawhitia
Species:
T. glaucophanes
Binomial name
Tawhitia glaucophanes
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tauroscopa glaucophanes Meyrick, 1907
  • Tawhitia leonina Philpott, 1931

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from late December to February.[5]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Meyrick, E. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 106–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. "Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  5. Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.


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