Thectophila acmotypa Meyrick, 1927

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 154

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1

publication LSID

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4921393

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scientific name

Thectophila acmotypa Meyrick, 1927
status

 

Thectophila acmotypa Meyrick, 1927 View in CoL

Thectophila acmotypa Meyrick, 1927: 701 View in CoL . Type locality: New Zealand, Arthur’s Pass ( Meyrick 1927: 701). Holotype ♂, in NHMUK.

Elachistidae View in CoL , unplaced; Sinev (2002: 163).

Distribution: Australasian. New Zealand.

Larval host plant(s): Unknown.

Figs.: Hudson (1928).

Remarks: The wing pattern shows similarities to other species of the Elachista bifasciella group which occur in New Zealand.

Current status: Elachistinae , incertae sedis.

Hudson, G. V. (1928) The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. Wellington, 386 pp., 52 pls.

Meyrick, E. (1927) Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, 57, 697 - 702.

Sinev, S. Yu. (2002) World Catalogue of cosmopterigid moths (Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae). Russian Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the Zoological institute, St. Petersburg, 293, 1 - 184.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Cosmopterigidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Thectophila