Tephrosara

Tephrosara
Tephrosara cimmeria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Tephrosara
Meyrick, 1915
Species:
T. cimmeria
Binomial name
Tephrosara cimmeria
(Meyrick, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Erechthias cimmeria Meyrick, 1914

Tephrosara is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae. It contains only one species, Tephrosara cimmeria, which is endemic to New Zealand.

Description of species

The wingspan is 14–15 mm. The forewings are elongate and rather dark grey. The tips of the scales are whitish and there are two ochreous-brown longitudinal lines. The hindwings are dark fuscous.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tephrosara cimmeria (Meyrick, 1914)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Dennis Preston, ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  4. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118. Retrieved 15 February 2018. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.