Mallobathra metrosema

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Mallobathra metrosema
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Mallobathra
Species:
M. metrosema
Binomial name
Mallobathra metrosema
Meyrick, 1888 [1]

Mallobathra metrosema is a moth of the family Psychidae. [1] [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. ↑ 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: 68. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
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