Zelleria maculata

Zelleria maculata
Holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Zelleria
Species: Z. maculata
Binomial name
Zelleria maculata
Philpott, 1930

Zelleria maculata is an ermine moth species that is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It feeds on Peraxilla tetrapetala, a mistletoe species that is also endemic to New Zealand.[3] Zelleria maculata was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Zelleria maculata, Auckland War Memorial Museum
  2. ↑ Dave Kelly; Jenny J. Ladley; Alastair W. Robertson; Lisa Crowfoot (October 8, 2008). "Flower predation by Zelleria maculata (Lepidoptera) on Peraxilla mistletoes: effects of latitude and fragmentation, and impact on fruit set" (PDF). New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 32 (2). Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  3. ↑ Dave Kelly; Jenny J. Ladley; Alastair W. Robertson; David A. Norton (2000). Andrew G. Young, Geoffrey M. Clarke, eds. "Limited forest fragmentation improves reproduction in the declining New Zealand mistletoe Peraxilla tetrapetala (Loranthaceae)". Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations. Cambridge University Press: 241. ISBN 0521794218.
  4. ↑ "Zelleria maculata". Catalogue of Life. 2008. Retrieved June 16, 2014.


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