Erechthias charadrota is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880 using three specimens caught in dry forest-scrub near Wellington and Port Lyttelton during the month of January.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Erechthias charadrota
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species:
E. charadrota
Binomial name
Erechthias charadrota
Synonyms[2]
  • Erechthias melanotricha Meyrick, 1888

References

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  1. ^ a b "Erechthias charadrota Meyrick, 1880". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Meyrick, E. (1880). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Tineina (contd.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 204–271. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.15879 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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