Tawhitia glaucophanes
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Genus: | Tawhitia |
| Species: | T. glaucophanes |
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| Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907) | |
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Tawhitia glaucophanes is a moth in the Crambidae family.[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]
The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from late December to February.[5]
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- ↑ 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. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
- ↑ Meyrick, E. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 106–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- ↑ "Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
- 1 2 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. Retrieved 21 January 2018 – via Taylor & Francis.
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