Grypotheca pertinax

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Grypotheca pertinax
Grypotheca pertinax holotype.png
Holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Psychidae
Genus:
Grypotheca
Species:
G. pertinax
Binomial name
Grypotheca pertinax
Dugdale, 1987 [1]

Grypotheca pertinax is a moth of the Psychidae family first described by John S. Dugdale in 1987. [2] [3] [4] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Grypotheca pertinax Dugdale, 1987". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  2. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. ↑ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 67. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  4. ↑ Brian H. Patrick (January 1987). "The mysterious curved-case larva produces a new moth Grypotheca pertinax Dugdale (Lepidoptera: Psychidae)". New Zealand Entomologist. 9 (1): 115–117. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722503. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54669791.


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