Proditrix gahniae

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Proditrix gahniae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Proditrix
Species:
P. gahniae
Binomial name
Proditrix gahniae
Dugdale, 1987 [1]

Proditrix gahniae is a species of moth in the family Glyphipterigidae first described by John S. Dugdale in 1987. [2] [1] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4]

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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. Dugdale, J. S. (1987). "Proditrix, a new genus for Titanomis tetragona Hudson and Plutella megalynta Meyrick and allies (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), shoot destroyers of Monocotyledones". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14: 99–112. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1987.10422687 .
  3. 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: 75. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  4. "Proditrix gahniae Dugdale, 1987". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.