Tmetolophota lissoxyla

Tmetolophota lissoxyla
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Tmetolophota
Species:	T. lissoxyla
Binomial name
	Tmetolophota lissoxyla; (Meyrick, 1911)[1]
Synonyms
	Leucania lissoxyla Meyrick, 1911 ; Ichneutica lissoxyla (Meyrick, 1911) ;

Tmetolophota lissoxyla is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911 from a specimen collected on the Mount Arthur tableland and obtained from George Hudson.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is an alpine species which is common and widespread in good snowgrass in the alpine zone.[3] 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.[4]

References

"Tmetolophota lissoxyla (Meyrick, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
Meyrick, E. (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 58–78 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (January 1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau". New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 69–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962 – via Researchgate.
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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[2] Meyrick, E. (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 58–78 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.

[3] Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (January 1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau". New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 69–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962 – via Researchgate.

[4] 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.