Thylacosceles radians

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Thylacosceles radians
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Male
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Stathmopodidae
Genus: Thylacosceles
Species:
T. radians
Binomial name
Thylacosceles radians
Philpott, 1918 [1]

Thylacosceles cerata is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. [1] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1918. [2]

Illustration of male by George Hudson. Fig 16 MA I437899 TePapa Plate-XXXVIII-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of male by George Hudson.
Illustration of female by George Hudson. Fig 17 MA I437899 TePapa Plate-XXXVIII-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of female by George Hudson.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Thylacosceles radians Philpott, 1918". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  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: 109. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.


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