Biology:Tawhitia glaucophanes

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Short description: Species of moth

Tawhitia glaucophanes
Tawhitia glaucophanes female.jpg
Female
Tawhitia glaucophanes male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Tawhitia
Species:
T. glaucophanes
Binomial name
Tawhitia glaucophanes
(Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tauroscopa glaucophanes Meyrick, 1907
  • Tawhitia leonina Philpott, 1931

Tawhitia glaucophanes is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand,[4] where it has been recorded from Fiordland to Mount Cook.[5]

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from late December to February.[5]

References

  1. , p. 457 , Wikidata Q45922947
  2. Meyrick, E. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera" (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 39: 106–121. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9975194. 
  3. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. http://globiz.pyraloidea.org/Pages/Reports/TaxonReport.aspx. Retrieved 2014-07-15. 
  4. "Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/3316f2f1-793e-45da-9c1a-0ee082d72842. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878. 


Wikidata ☰ Q13857325 entry