Eutorna symmorpha

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Eutorna symmorpha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Depressariidae
Genus: Eutorna
Species:
E. symmorpha
Binomial name
Eutorna symmorpha
Meyrick, 1889

Eutorna symmorpha is a moth in the family Depressariidae. [1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]

The wingspan is 12–14 mm. The forewings are yellow ochreous, sometimes obscurely streaked with whitish ochreous between the veins, the veins more reddish ochreous or brownish ochreous. There is a straight, slender, reddish-brown streak from the middle of the base to the disc at two-fifths, terminating in a small blackish spot, cloudy beneath, above sharply defined and sometimes margined with an ochreous-whitish streak. There is a more or less distinct reddish-brown streak from the disc before the middle to the costa before the apex, terminating in some black scales and there are two black dots transversely placed in the disc at two-thirds, as well as some black scales on the hindmargin. The hindwings are light grey. [2]

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References

  1. "Eutorna symmorpha Meyrick, 1889". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  2. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 154–188. Retrieved 31 January 2018.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 88. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
  4. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 458. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.