Heliothela atra

Heliothela atra
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Heliothela
Species: H. atra
Binomial name
Heliothela atra
(Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Orosana atra Butler, 1877
  • Heliothela erebopis Meyrick, 1913

Heliothela atra is a moth of the Crambidae family.[3][1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877,[2] using a specimen obtained in the Canterbury plains and sourced from the collection of J. D. Enys.[4] It is endemic in New Zealand.[1] The habitat of this species is dry tussock grasslands.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Heliothela atra (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ↑ 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. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. ↑ Butler, A. G. (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 69–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962 – via Researchgate.


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