Leptocroca amenena

Leptocroca amenena
	Illustration of female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Leptocroca
Species:	L. amenena
Binomial name
	Leptocroca amenena; ( Meyrick, 1888)
Synonyms
	Peltophora amenena Meyrick, 1888 ;

Leptocroca amenena is a moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.^[2]^[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[3] The classification of this moth within the genus Leptocroca is regarded as unsatisfactory and in need of revision.^[4] As such this species is currently also known as Leptocroca (s.l.) amenena.

References

^ ^a ^b Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 96. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
^ "Leptocroca amenena (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
^ Robert Hoare (24 December 2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.54. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 946510444. Wikidata Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.

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[Dugdale1988-1] Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 96. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[NZIB-2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

[NZOR-3] "Leptocroca amenena (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[Hoare2005-4] Robert Hoare (24 December 2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.54. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 946510444. Wikidata Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.

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