Eugennaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2][3] It was described in 1914 by Edward Meyrick.[4] The genus contains only one species, Eugennaea laquearia, which is endemic to New Zealand.[5][6] Meyrick described the species from specimens collected by George Vernon Hudson on Nīkau stems at Kaeo in January.[4]
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| Genus: | Eugennaea Meyrick, 1915
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| Species: | E. laquearia
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Description of species
editThe wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purple-fuscous, with light-blue reflections. The hindwings are dark fuscous with bronzy reflections.[4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Eugennaea.
- ^ Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera
- ^ 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.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugennaea". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ a b c Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 101–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugennaea laquearia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ 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 13 February 2018.
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