Tmetolophota atristriga

Tmetolophota atristriga is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] This species was described by Francis Walker in 1865 from a specimen collected in Auckland.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Tmetolophota atristriga
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Noctuidae
Genus:
Tmetolophota
Species:
T. atristriga
Binomial name
Tmetolophota atristriga
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Xylina atristriga Walker, 1865
  • Graphania atristriga (Walker, 1865)
  • Persectania atristriga (Walker, 1865)
  • Mamestra antipoda Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874
  • Leucania astristriga (Walker, 1865)

References
  1. "Tmetolophota atristriga (Walker, 1865)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  2. Dugdale, John S. (1988-09-23). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264 – via Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research.
  3. Walker, Francis (1865). "XXXIII: Supplement. - Part 3". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 33-34: 707–1120 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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