Thallostoma is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[1][2] It contains only one species, Thallostoma eurygrapha, which is endemic to New Zealand.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Thallostoma Meyrick, 1913 |
| Species: | T. eurygrapha
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| Binomial name | |
| Thallostoma eurygrapha Meyrick, 1913
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Description of species
editThe wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purplish-fuscous with whitish-ochreous markings. The hindwings are grey.[4]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ "Thallostoma eurygrapha Meyrick, 1913". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, E. (1913). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 45: 22–29 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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