Protosynaema steropucha

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Protosynaema steropucha
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Protosynaema
Species:
P. steropucha
Binomial name
Protosynaema steropucha
Meyrick, 1885 [1]

Protosynaema steropucha is a species of moth in the family Plutellidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. [1] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [3]

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References

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  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: 75. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. "Protosynaema steropucha Meyrick, 1885". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.