Erechthias crypsimima

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Erechthias crypsimima
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E. crypsimima
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Erechthias crypsimima
(Meyrick, 1920) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Hectacma crypsimimaMeyrick, 1920

Erechthias crypsimima is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. [3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920 using a specimen collected by George Vernon Hudson in Wellington in February. [4] [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] Hudson noted that he collected the type specimen of this species from the black trunk of a beech tree. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Erechthias crypsimima (Meyrick, 1920)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. 1 2 Meyrick, Wellington (1920). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 52: 30–32 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.