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Tephrosara

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Tephrosara
Tephrosara cimmeria
Scientific classification Edit this 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 cimmeria Meyrick, 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

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Tephrosara cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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