Isonomeutis
Appearance
Isonomeutis | |
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Isonomeutis amauropa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Copromorphidae |
Genus: | Isonomeutis Meyrick, 1888 |
Isonomeutis is a genus of moths in the Copromorphidae family. All species are endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
[edit]This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[1]
Description
[edit]Meyrick described the genus as follows:
Forehead with projecting scales. Antennæ in male filiform, shortly ciliated (½). Palpi very long, straight, porrected, with rough projecting scales above and beneath, somewhat attenuated, terminal joint concealed. Thorax smooth. Posterior tibiæ smooth-scaled. Forewings with veins 3 and 4 approximated at base, 7 to hindmargin, surface with small tufts of scales. Hindwings markedly narrower than forewings, rounded; veins 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5, 6, 7 tolerably parallel, lower median naked.[1]
Species
[edit]- Isonomeutis amauropa Meyrick, 1888
- Isonomeutis restincta Meyrick, 1923
References
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- ^ a b Edward Meyrick (1888), Notes on New Zealand Tortricina, vol. 20, p. 75, Wikidata Q110463426