Euchersadaula tristis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Euchersadaula |
| Species: | E. tristis
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Euchersadaula tristis is a moth of the family Oecophoridae.[2] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Description
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Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 15–17 mm. Head brownish, tinged with pink. Palpi brown, mixed with whitish within. Antennae brown, ciliations over 1. Thorax bronzy-brown. Abdomen pale bronzy-brown, segmental divisions whitish. Legs bronzy-brown, tarsi annulated with whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen almost straight, oblique; bronzy-brown, strongly tinged with pink, especially on apical half, and with scattered scales and spots of fuscous-black; markings fuscous-black; an obscure striga from costa at ¼, outwardly oblique to fold and enclosing first discal and plical spots; a similar striga from costa beyond middle to tornus, enclosing second discal spot; a faint subterminal striga, sharply angled inwards at middle; some scattered scales and spots; the strigae may be ferruginous, and sometimes there is considerable admixture of whitish-ochreous: fringes leaden-fuscous tinged with pink. Hindwings fuscous, darker apically: fringes greyish-fuscous with darker basal line.[3]
This species is similar in appearance to Euchersadaula lathriopa but can be distinguished from that latter species as E. tristis is larger in size and has broader forewings.[3]
References
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- ^ a b "Euchersadaula tristis Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c A. Philpott (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 393. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63100760.
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 91. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
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