Genus of moths
Eugennaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae .[ 2] [ 3] It was described in 1914 by Edward Meyrick .[ 4] The genus contains only one species, Eugennaea laquearia , which is endemic to New Zealand .[ 5] [ 6] Meyrick described the species from specimens collected by George Vernon Hudson on Nīkau stems at Kaeo in January.[ 4]
Description of species
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purple-fuscous, with light-blue reflections. The hindwings are dark fuscous with bronzy reflections.[ 4]
References
^ Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera
^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils . Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3 . OCLC 973607714 . OL 25288394M . Wikidata Q45922947 .
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugennaea " . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
^ a b c Meyrick, Edward (1914). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera" . Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute . 46 : 101–118 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eugennaea laquearia " . The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 20, 2018.
^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF) . Fauna of New Zealand . 14 : 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2018 .
Eugennaea Eugennaea laquearia