Tinea aetherea

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Tinea aetherea
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinea
Species:
T. aetherea
Binomial name
Tinea aetherea
Clarke, 1926 [1]

Tinea aetherea is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. [2] It was described by Charles E. Clarke in 1926. [3] However the placement of this species within the genus Tinea is in doubt. [1] As a result, this species has been referred to as Tinea (s.l.) aetherea. [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are purplish fuscous with grey-ochreous markings. The hindwings are purplish grey with a dark-fuscous subbasal shade. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Tinea aetherea Clarke, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. ↑ Clarke, C.E. (1926). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 417–421 – via National Library of New Zealand.
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