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Thylacosceles radians

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Thylacosceles radians
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Stathmopodidae
Genus: Thylacosceles
Species:
T. radians
Binomial name
Thylacosceles radians

Thylacosceles cerata is a moth of the family Stathmopodidae.[1] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1918.[2]

Illustration of male by George Hudson.
Illustration of female by George Hudson.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Thylacosceles radians Philpott, 1918". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
  2. ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 109. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.