Leptocroca asphaltis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Superfamily: | Gelechioidea |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Leptocroca |
Species: | L. asphaltis
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Binomial name | |
Leptocroca asphaltis | |
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Leptocroca asphaltis is a moth of the family Oecophoridae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.
Gallery
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Watercolour by George Hudson, c. 1927
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Leptocroca asphaltis observed at Waikouaiti, East Otago
References
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- ^ a b "Leptocroca asphaltis (Meyrick, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ 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.