Erechthias hemiclistra

Erechthias hemiclistra is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[3] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911.[4][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] Entomologist George Hudson reared this moth from caterpillars and cocoons in the flower stems of Chionochloa conspicua at Makara.[4] The adults emerged in November and February.[4] The food of the larvae of this species is apparently dead woody fibre.[4]

Erechthias hemiclistra
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Erechthias
Species:
E. hemiclistra
Binomial name
Erechthias hemiclistra
(Meyrick, 1911)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Decadarchis hemiclistra Meyrick, 1911

References
  1. "Erechthias hemiclistra (Meyrick, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 62. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  3. 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. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 57–78. Retrieved 12 February 2018 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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