Tephrosara

Tephrosara
Tephrosara cimmeria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Tephrosara Meyrick, 1915
Species:	T. cimmeria
Binomial name
Tephrosara cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914) [1]
Synonyms [2]
Erechthias cimmeriaMeyrick, 1914

Tephrosara is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. ^[2] It contains only one species, Tephrosara cimmeria, which is endemic to New Zealand. ^{[1] [3]}

Description of species

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are elongate and rather dark grey. The tips of the scales are whitish and there are two ochreous-brown longitudinal lines. The hindwings are dark fuscous. ^[4]

References

1. "Tephrosara cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
4. Meyrick, E. (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118. Retrieved 15 February 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

External links

• Image of type specimen of Tephrosara cimmeria.