Biology:Habrophila
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Short description: Genus of moths
| Habrophila | |
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| Habrophila compseuta | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Habrophila Meyrick, 1889 |
| Species: | H. compseuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Habrophila compseuta Meyrick, 1889[1]
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Habrophila is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2] This genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.[1] It consists of only one species,[3] Habrophila compseuta, which is endemic to New Zealand.[4]
Description of species
The wingspan is 11 mm. The forewings are very elongate and whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, but less towards the base. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. pp. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973607714.
- ↑ "Habrophila Meyrick, 1889". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/44c77b0e-f152-480b-a120-1be9f3a8a6c8.
- ↑ "Habrophila compseuta Meyrick, 1889". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/eaea5381-b89b-459c-b825-4781867c906e.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 21: 161–62. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3290245. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
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