Tmetolophota micrastra

Tmetolophota micrastra is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897 from a specimen collected in Wellington and obtained from George Hudson.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare published a paper in which he undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the holotype specimen of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.[3]

Tmetolophota micrastra
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T. micrastra
Binomial name
Tmetolophota micrastra
(Meyrick, 1897)
Synonyms
  • Leucania micrastra Meyrick, 1897
  • Physetica micrastra (Meyrick, 1897)

References

  1. "Tmetolophota micrastra (Meyrick, 1897)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  2. Meyrick, Edward (1897). "XVI. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from Australia and New Zealand". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. 45: 367–390 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. Hoare, Robert J. B. (2019-12-09). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.


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