Sabulopteryx botanica

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Gracillarioidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Cladus: Allotriocarida
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Holometabola
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Superfamilia: Gracillarioidea

Familia: Gracillariidae
Subfamilia: Gracillariinae
Genus: Sabulopteryx
Species: Sabulopteryx botanica

Name edit

Sabulopteryx botanica Hoare & Patrick in Hoare & Patrick & Buckley, 2019

Type locality: New Zealand, Mid Canterbury [MC], Christchurch Botanic Gardens, 43°31.8'S, 172°37.2'E.

Holotype: NZAC. male ♂. 21.IV.2014. legit R.J.B. Hoare, B.H. Patrick.

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Hoare, R.J.B., Patrick, B.H. & Buckley, T.R. 2019. A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae. ZooKeys 865: 39–65. Reference page