Erechthias chasmatias

Erechthias chasmatias is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1880 using two male specimens taken in forest in Wellington in January.[3][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been found in the Wellington Botanic Garden.[4]

Erechthias chasmatias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Erechthias
Species:
E. chasmatias
Binomial name
Erechthias chasmatias

References
  1. "Erechthias charadrota Meyrick, 1880". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  2. 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.
  3. Meyrick, E. (1880). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. IV. Tineina (contd.)". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 204–271 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 61. Retrieved 10 February 2018.


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