Orthenches homerica is a moth of the family Plutellidae first described by John Salmon in 1956.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Orthenches homerica
Male holotype
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O. homerica
Binomial name
Orthenches homerica
(Salmon, 1956)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Archyala homerica Salmon, 1956

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. ^ a b 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: 74. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ "Orthenches homerica (Salmon, 1956)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 4 May 2022.