Reductoderces microphanes
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Reductoderces microphanes is a moth of the family Psychidae.[1][2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 using a male specimen collected in Christchurch in August and named Mallobathra microphanes.[3] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Meyrick described the species as follows:
Male. — 9 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae light fuscous ; palpi moderate ; antennal ciliations 2+1⁄2. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded ; rather dark fuscous, irrorated with very obscure grey-whitish spots ; costa with four more distinct small white spots on posterior half: cilia whitish-fuscous, basal half except towards anal angle fuscous obscurely spotted with whitish. Hindwings light grey ; cilia 1+1⁄2, grey-whitish.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][4] It has been collected in its type locality of Christchurch as well as Dunedin.[5]
References
- ^ a b c {{CiteQ|Q45922947|pages=463}
- ^ a b c 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: 69. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Meyrick, E. (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 103. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63125188.
- ^ "Reductoderces microphanes (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ Alfred Philpott (1917). "A list of the Lepidoptera of Otago". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 238. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63958657.
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