Tinea margaritis

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Tinea margaritis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tinea
Species:
T. margaritis
Binomial name
Tinea margaritis
Meyrick, 1914 [1]

Tinea margaritis is a species of moth in the family Tineidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1914. [2] [3] However the placement of this species within the genus Tinea is in doubt. [1] As a result, this species may be referred to as Tinea (s.l.) margaritis. [2] This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NZOR Name Details - Tinea margaritis Meyrick, 1914". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
  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. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. 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: 66. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.