Orthenches saleuta

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Orthenches saleuta
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Plutellidae
Genus:
Orthenches
Species:
O. saleuta
Binomial name
Orthenches saleuta
Meyrick, 1913 [1]

Orthenches saleuta is a moth of the family Plutellidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1913. [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. ↑ 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: 73. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "NZOR Name Details - Orthenches saleuta Meyrick, 1913". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.



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