Apoctena taipana

Apoctena taipana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Apoctena
Species:	A. taipana
Binomial name
	Apoctena taipana; (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Tortrix taipana Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Cacoecia enoplana Meyrick, 1882; Planotortrix taipana (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875);

Apoctena taipana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae, endemic to New Zealand.[1] The current combination dates from Dugdale (1990).[2] Note that Cacoecia enoplana Meyrick, 1882 (type locality: Wellington, North Island) is a junior subjective synonym.[3]

References

New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine
Dugdale, J.S. 1990: Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17(3): 437-465. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943
Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14) Extract and PDF [See p. 126; as Planotortrix taipana]

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[1] New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR) Archived March 4, 2016, at the Wayback Machine

[2] Dugdale, J.S. 1990: Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17(3): 437-465. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943

[3] Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14) Extract and PDF [See p. 126; as Planotortrix taipana]