Eschatotypa melichrysa

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

Eschatotypa melichrysa is a species of moth in the Tineidae family.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] Meyrick regarded them as common in Wellington and Dunedin, in December and January.[3] He obtained specimens from beating forest growth.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Eschatotypa melichrysa Meyrick, 1880". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 13 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. 1 2 3 Meyrick, Edward (1880). "Description of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 204–271. ISSN 0370-047X via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 62. Retrieved 12 February 2018.


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