Austramathes

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Austramathes
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Austramathes purpurea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Subfamily: Cuculliinae
Genus: Austramathes
Hampson, 1906 [1]

Austramathes is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]

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Species

The following species are found within the genus: [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Hampson, George Francis (1913). "Catalogue of Lepidoptera Phalaenae in the British Museum". 6: 492–493 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ↑ "AUSTRAMATHES - Butterflies and Moths of the World". www.nhm.ac.uk. Natural History Museum (London). Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Austramathes". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-11-28.
  4. ↑ Hoare, R. J. B. (2017). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). Part 1, Austramathes, Cosmodes, Proteuxoa, Physetica". Fauna of New Zealand. 73: 1–130. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.73. ISBN   978-0-947525-07-1 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.


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