Nola parvitis

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Nola parvitis
Celama parvitus (Howes, 1917) AMNZ21735.jpg
Holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Nolidae
Genus: Nola
Species:
N. parvitis
Binomial name
Nola parvitis
(Howes, 1917) [1]
Synonyms
  • Adeixis parvitisHowes, 1917
  • Celama parvitis(Howes, 1917)

Nola parvitis is a moth of the family Nolidae. [2] It was first described by George Howes in 1917.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Howes in 1917 and was originally named Adeixis parvitis. [3] In 1927 Alfred Philpott placed this species in the genus Celama. [4] In 2010 this species was listed under the genus Nola in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. [5] [2]

Distribution

It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] Specimens have been found in Broad Bay, Otago and Aniseed Valley in Nelson. [4] A specimen was also collected south east of Te Anau where it was described by Charles E. Clarke as being a rare moth that was taken in December amongst Leptospermum . [6] This species has also been collected in December in the Dansey ecological district, near Kakanui, on Helichrysum aggregatum . [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Nola parvitis Howes, 1917 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. 1 2 "Nola parvitis (Howes, 1917) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. ↑ George Howes (1917). "XIV. — New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 274. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q121725581.
  4. 1 2 3 Philpott, Alfred (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 703. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  6. ↑ Clarke, Charles E. (1934). "The Lepidoptera of the Te Anau-Manapouri Lakes Districts". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 63: 116. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. ↑ Patrick, B. H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. ISBN   0-478-01285-3 . Retrieved 23 December 2015.


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