Glaucocharis helioctypa
Female
Male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Diptychophorini
Genus: Glaucocharis
Species:
G. helioctypa
Binomial name
Glaucocharis helioctypa
(Meyrick, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Diptychophora helioctypa Meyrick, 1882

Glaucocharis helioctypa is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1882.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[3]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 and named Diptychophora helioctypa.[4] Meyrick gave a fuller description of this species in 1883.[5] The male lectotype, collected at Lake Wakatipu by R. W. Fereday is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume Two. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 186–187. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ↑ "Glaucocharis helioctypa (Meyrick, 1882)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ↑ Edward Meyrick (June 1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera (I.)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 187. Wikidata Q115108516.
  5. ↑ Edward Meyrick (May 1883). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. I and II. Crambidae and Tortricina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 17. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111013914.
  6. ↑ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 144. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.


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