Zelleria maculata
Zelleria maculata | |
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Holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum[1] | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Yponomeutidae |
Genus: | Zelleria |
Species: | Z. maculata |
Binomial name | |
Zelleria maculata Philpott, 1930 | |
Zelleria maculata is an ermine moth species that is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It feeds on Peraxilla tetrapetala as well as Peraxilla colensoi, mistletoe species that are also endemic to New Zealand.[3][2]
Zelleria maculata was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930.[4]
References
- ↑ Zelleria maculata, Auckland War Memorial Museum
- 1 2 Dave Kelly; Jenny J. Ladley; Alastair W. Robertson; Lisa Crowfoot (October 8, 2008). "Flower predation by Zelleria maculata (Lepidoptera) on Peraxilla mistletoes: effects of latitude and fragmentation, and impact on fruit set" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 32 (2). Retrieved June 16, 2014.
- ↑ Dave Kelly; Jenny J. Ladley; Alastair W. Robertson; David A. Norton (2000). Andrew G. Young; Geoffrey M. Clarke, eds. "Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae)". Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations. Cambridge University Press: 241. ISBN 0521794218.
- ↑ "Zelleria maculata". Catalogue of Life. 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
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