Erechthias acrodina

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Erechthias acrodina
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E. acrodina
Binomial name
Erechthias acrodina
(Meyrick, 1912) [1]
Synonyms
  • Ereunetis acrodinaMeyrick, 1912

Erechthias acrodina is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. [2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 using a specimen collected by George Vernon Hudson in Wellington. [3] [4] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Erechthias acrodina (Meyrick, 1912)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. 2. p. 464. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 44: 117–126 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.