Proditrix tetragona

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Proditrix tetragona
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Proditrix
Species:
P. tetragona
Binomial name
Proditrix tetragona
(Hudson, 1918) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Titanomis tetragonaHudson, 1918

Proditrix tetragona is a species of moth in the family Glyphipterigidae first described by George Hudson in 1918. [1] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Proditrix tetragona (Hudson, 1918)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  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.