Crypsitricha generosa

Crypsitricha generosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Crypsitricha
Species:	C. generosa
Binomial name
	Crypsitricha generosa; Philpott, 1926[1]

Crypsitricha generosa is a species of moth in the Tineidae family.^[2] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1926.^[3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

The wingspan is about 17 mm. The forewingss are white mixed with ochreous. There is a blackish-fuscous stripe along the costa from the base to beyond three-fourths, gradually dilated to half, where it reaches about half across the wing, beyond this narrowed by the intrusion of a whitish discal patch, from the base to half it is margined beneath with bright ochreous. The apex is ochreous. The hindwings are ochreous-white.^[4]

References

1 2 "Crypsitricha generosa Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 60. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
↑ Philpott, Alfred (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: notes and descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 387–399 – via National Library of New Zealand.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Crypsitricha generosa Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[NZIB-2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

[Dugdale1988-3] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 60. Retrieved 8 February 2018.

[4] Philpott, Alfred (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: notes and descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 387–399 – via National Library of New Zealand.