Leptocroca porophora

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Leptocroca porophora
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Female holotype
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L. porophora
Binomial name
Leptocroca porophora
(Meyrick, 1929) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Borkhausenia porophoraMeyrick, 1929

Leptocroca porophora is a moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1929. [3] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] The classification of this moth within the genus Leptocroca is regarded as unsatisfactory and in need of revision. [4] As such this species is currently also known as Leptocroca (s.l.) porophora. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Leptocroca porophora (Meyrick, 1929)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
  2. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 97. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  4. Robert J. B. Hoare (24 December 2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. 54. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.54. ISSN   0111-5383. OCLC   946510444. Wikidata   Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.