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Parectopa leucocyma (Meyrick, 1889:184)

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Gracilaria leucocyma Meyrick, 1889:184 (original combination); Macarostola leucocyma (Meyrick, 1889:184)

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1889 or before

Rediscovered in 1958

 

Distribution

New Zealand

 

Biology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

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References

Original scientific description:

Meyrick, Edward. (1889). Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 21: 154-188.

 

Other references:

Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn. 386 pp.

Wise, Keith A. J. (1962). Parectopa leucocyma (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) rediscovered as a leaf-miner of kauri (Agathis australis Salisb.). Trans. R. Soc. N.Z. Zool. 1(31): 373-375.

 

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