Eschatotypa halosparta, also known as the salt and pepper fungus moth, is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1919 from a specimen collected by George Vernon Hudson at Wainuiomata in December.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has also been collected near the Tui Mine in Te Aroha.[5]
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References
edit- ^ a b "Eschatotypa halosparta (Meyrick, 1919)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1919). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 349–354 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Robert Hoare (2020), The Moths of Mt Te Aroha (PDF), pp. 1–11, Wikidata Q113345596, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022
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