Erechthias crypsimima
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Erechthias crypsimima is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1920 using a specimen collected by George Vernon Hudson in Wellington in February.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] Hudson noted that he collected the type specimen of this species from the black trunk of a beech tree.[4]
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Watercolour illustration of male by George Hudson (circa 1927) -
Erechthias crypsimima in Upper Hutt
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "Erechthias crypsimima (Meyrick, 1920)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 61. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Meyrick, Wellington (1920). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 52: 30–32 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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