Lepidoscia heliochares

Lepidoscia heliochares
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Psychidae
Genus:	Lepidoscia
Species:	L. heliochares
Binomial name
	Lepidoscia heliochares; (Meyrick, 1893)
Synonyms
	Xysmatodoma heliocharesMeyrick, 1893 ;

Last updated May 05, 2022

Lepidoscia heliochares is a moth of the Psychidae family first described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.^[1]^[2] This species is native to Australia but has been found in New Zealand since 1974.^[3]

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References

1 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.
1 2 "Lepidoscia heliochares (Meyrick, 1893)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
↑ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist . 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.

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[NZIB-1] 1 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.

[NZOR-2] 1 2 "Lepidoscia heliochares (Meyrick, 1893)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-05.

[Hoare2018-3] RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist . 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.

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