Erechthias chasmatias

Erechthias chasmatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species: E. chasmatias
Binomial name
Erechthias chasmatias

Erechthias chasmatias is a species of moth in the Tineidae family.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880 using two male specimens taken in forest in Wellington in January.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been found in the Wellington Botanic Garden.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Erechthias charadrota Meyrick, 1880". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  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.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1880). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Tineina (contd.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 204–271 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 61. Retrieved 10 February 2018.


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