Pantosperma is a monotypic genus of moths belonging to the family Glyphipterigidae.[1][2] It consists of only one species, Pantosperma holochalca, which is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Glyphipterigidae |
| Genus: | Pantosperma Meyrick, 1888 |
| Species: | P. holochalca
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| Pantosperma holochalca Meyrick, 1888[1]
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Taxonomy edit
Edward Meyrick first described this genus and species in 1888 using specimens collected at Makatoku in the Hawke's Bay.[3] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
References edit
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- ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b "Pantosperma holochalca Meyrick, 1888 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-01-13.
- ^ E. Meyrick (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 89. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63125188.
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- ^ 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: 78. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
