Tinea conferta

Tinea conferta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tineidae
Genus:	Tinea
Species:	T. conferta
Binomial name
	Tinea conferta; Meyrick, 1914

Last updated October 02, 2025

Tinea conferta is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.^[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1914.^[3]^[4] 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.) conferta.^[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]

Description

This species has a pair of yellow marks near the dorsum with dark patches between these.

Gallery

Pinned Tinea conferta collected from the Coromandel Peninsula
Illustration of male

References

1 2 3 "Tinea conferta Meyrick, 1914". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume Two. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
↑ Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

External links

Image of specimen of Tinea s.l. conferta.

This Tineinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[NZOR-1] 1 2 3 "Tinea conferta Meyrick, 1914". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[NZIB-2] 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume Two. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[Dugdale1988-4] Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Retrieved 16 February 2018.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]