Exsilirarcha is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae.[1] It contains only one species, Exsilirarcha graminea, which is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3] Both the genus and the species were described by John Salmon and J. D. Bradley in 1956.[4]

Exsilirarcha
Exsilirarcha graminea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Exsilirarcha
Salmon & Bradley, 1956
Species:
E. graminea
Binomial name
Exsilirarcha graminea
Salmon & Bradley, 1956

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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. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ^ "Exsilirarcha Salmon & Bradley, 1956". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  3. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 159. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  4. ^ Salmon, J.T.; Bradley, J.D. (1956). "Lepidoptera from the Cape Expedition and Antipodes Islands". Records of the Dominion Museum. 3 (1): 61–81.