Orthenches homerica

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Orthenches homerica
Orthenches homerica holotype.jpg
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Plutellidae
Genus:
Orthenches
Species:
O. homerica
Binomial name
Orthenches homerica
(Salmon, 1956) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Archyala homericaSalmon, 1956

Orthenches homerica is a moth of the family Plutellidae first described by John Salmon in 1956. [1] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]

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References

  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.
  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: 74. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Orthenches homerica (Salmon, 1956)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 4 May 2022.


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