Biology:Eugennaea
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Short description: Genus of moths
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| Eugennaea laquearia | |
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| Genus: | Eugennaea Meyrick, 1915
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| Species: | E. laquearia
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| Eugennaea laquearia (Meyrick, 1914)[1]
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Eugennaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2][3] It was described in 1914 by Edward Meyrick.[4] The genus contains only one species, Eugennaea laquearia, which is endemic to New Zealand.[5][6] Meyrick described the species from specimens collected by George Vernon Hudson on Nīkau stems at Kaeo in January.[4]
Description of species
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purple-fuscous, with light-blue reflections. The hindwings are dark fuscous with bronzy reflections.[4]
References
- ↑ Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera
- ↑ , p. 464, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Eugennaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=130790. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 46: 101–118. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3296983.
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- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Eugennaea laquearia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=130791. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 62. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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