Leptocroca variabilis

Leptocroca variabilis
	Male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Gelechioidea
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Leptocroca
Species:	L. variabilis
Binomial name
	Leptocroca variabilis; Philpott, 1926

Leptocroca variabilis is a moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926. It is endemic to New Zealand. The classification of this moth within the genus Leptocroca is regarded as unsatisfactory and in need of revision. As such this species is currently also known as Leptocroca (s.l.) variabilis.

References

1 2 "Leptocroca variabilis Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
1 2 Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
↑ Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 97. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.
↑ Hoare, Robert J. B. (2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.54. OCLC 946510444. Wikidata Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.

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[NZOR-1] 1 2 "Leptocroca variabilis Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.

[NZIB-2] 1 2 Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.

[Dugdale1988-3] Dugdale, John Stewart (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 97. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. Wikidata Q45083134.

[Hoare2005-4] Hoare, Robert J. B. (2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.54. OCLC 946510444. Wikidata Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.