Maoritenes modesta

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Maoritenes modesta
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Male holotype
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Maoritenes
Species:
M. modesta
Binomial name
Maoritenes modesta
(Philpott, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Pyrgotis modestaPhilpott, 1930

Maoritenes modesta is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930. [1] [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [3]

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References

  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. 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" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 128. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. "Maoritenes modesta (Philpott, 1930)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-06.