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Hierodoris

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Hierodoris
Type specimen of Hierodoris bilineata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Hierodoris
Meyrick, 1912
Synonyms[1]
  • Coridomorpha Meyrick, 1914
  • Taoscelis Meyrick, 1938

Hierodoris is a genus of moths in the family Oecophoridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[2] This genus is only known from New Zealand.[1] In 1988 the genus Taoscelis was synonymised with Hierodoris.[1][3] In 2005 the genus Coridomorpha was synonymised with Hierodoris.[1]

Species

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The species that are currently placed in this genus are:[1]

However as at 2005 the placement of both Hierodoris insignis and Hierodoris stellata in this genus is in doubt.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f Hoare, Robert J. B. (2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54: 1–102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  2. ^ Meyrick, Edward (1912). Exotic microlepidoptera (2nd ed.). London: Taylor and Francis. p. 41. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.9241.
  3. ^ 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: 89. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.