Tatosoma topea is a species of moth in the family Geometridae first described by Alfred Philpott in 1903.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Geometridae |
Genus: | Tatosoma |
Species: | T. topea
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Tatosoma topea | |
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Hosts
editThe larvae of this species have been reared on mataī foliage.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 460. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ "Tatosoma topea Philpott, 1903". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
- ^ Robert Hoare (2014). A Photographic Guide to Moths & Butterflies of New Zealand. Illustrator: Olivier Jean-Philippe Ball. p. 104. ISBN 978-1-86966-399-5. Wikidata Q59396160.