Lepidoscia protorna is a moth of the Psychidae family first described by Edward Meyrick in 1893.[1][2] This species is native to Australia but has been found in New Zealand since 1978.[3]

Lepidoscia protorna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Lepidoscia
Species:
L. protorna
Binomial name
Lepidoscia protorna
(Meyrick, 1893)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Xysmatodoma protorna Meyrick, 1893

References

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  1. ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. ^ a b "Lepidoscia protorna (Meyrick, 1893)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
  3. ^ RJB Hoare; N Hudson (December 2018). "Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: Additions and new identifications since 2001". Australian Entomologist. 45 (3): 273–324. ISSN 1320-6133. Wikidata Q110305107.