Tatosoma alta

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Tatosoma alta
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Female
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Tatosoma
Species:
T. alta
Binomial name
Tatosoma alta
Philpott, 1913 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Tatosoma nigraHudson, 1922

Tatosoma alta is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Philpott 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. 460. 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". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 190. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. ↑ "Tatosoma alta Philpott, 1913". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-29.


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