Biology:Stathmopoda holochra

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Short description: Species of moth

Stathmopoda holochra
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Illustration of female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Stathmopodidae
Genus: Stathmopoda
Species:
S. holochra
Binomial name
Stathmopoda holochra
Meyrick, 1889[1]

Stathmopoda holochra is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 using specimens first collected at the Wellington Botanic Garden.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] The larvae of this species feed on Phormium seed heads.[4]

Description

♀. 14mm. Head, palpi, antennas, and abdomen pale whitish-ochreous. Thorax whitish-ochreous, slightly reddish-tinged. Legs pale whitish-ochreous. Forewings elongate, very narrow, broadest near base, long-pointed ; pale reddish-ochreous, unicolorous : cilia pale whitish-ochreous-gi'ey. Hind-wings pale whitish-grey, posteriorly ochreous-tinged ; cilia pale whitish-ochreous-grey.[2]


References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Stathmopoda holochra Meyrick, 1889". https://www.nzor.org.nz/names/78c6b9b5-ebe8-4cf8-9a25-a04be0b93296. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 , pp. 168 , Wikidata Q56065895
  3. ↑ , pp. 108 , Wikidata Q45083134
  4. ↑  , Wikidata Q54670113

Wikidata ☰ Q14740878 entry




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