Biology:Thallostoma

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Short description: Genus of moths

Thallostoma
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Thallostoma
Meyrick, 1913
Species:
T. eurygrapha
Binomial name
Thallostoma eurygrapha
Meyrick, 1913

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]

Description of species

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purplish-fuscous with whitish-ochreous markings. The hindwings are grey.[4]

References

  1. , p. 464 , Wikidata Q45922947
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 65. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 15 February 2018. 
  3. "Thallostoma eurygrapha Meyrick, 1913". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/46ca9187-04e1-46d5-9cfb-9e096617b64a. 
  4. Meyrick, E. (1913). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 22–29. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9975745.  This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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