Biology:Sagephora phortegella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Sagephora |
| Species: | S. phortegella
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| Binomial name | |
| Sagephora phortegella Meyick, 1888[1]
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Sagephora phortegella is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is 8–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white, the dorsal half suffusedly streaked with whitish-ochreous. There is a thick, gradually-dilated, blackish streak along the costa from base to three-fourths, the apex pointed, the lower margin with a slight projection before the middle. There is sometimes an irregular blackish line below the middle from near the base parallel to the inner and hind-margins to the apex, and a similar almost marginal line along the inner margin to the anal angle, then as a hindmarginal streak to the apex, where it is confluent with the first. Sometimes, there is a defined narrow blackish streak along the inner margin, and a moderate blackish hindmarginal fascia attenuated at the extremities. The hindwings are grey or whitish-grey, rarely rather dark grey.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sagephora phortegella Meyrick, 1888". Landcare Research New Zealand. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/cc829a6c-2434-46d7-b06a-107465a6064b. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ↑ , p. 464, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 64. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 20: 77–106. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3746407.
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q13483225 entry
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