Thallostoma

Thallostoma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Thallostoma
Meyrick, 1913
Species: T. eurygrapha
Binomial name
Thallostoma eurygrapha
Meyrick, 1913[1]

Thallostoma is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2] It contains only one species, Thallostoma eurygrapha, which is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purplish-fuscous with whitish-ochreous markings. The hindwings are grey.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  3. ↑ Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 1868-1961
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