Celama parvitis
| Celama parvitis | |
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| Celama parvitis (Howes, 1917) holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum licensed under CC BY 4.0. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinae |
| Genus: | Celama |
| Species: | C. parvitis |
| Binomial name | |
| Celama parvitis (Howes, 1917) | |
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Celama parvitis is a moth of the family Nolidae and is likely endemic to New Zealand.[1] Specimens have been found in Broad Bay, Otago and Aniseed Valley in Nelson.[1] A specimen was also collected south east of Te Anau where it was described by C. E. Clarke as being a rare moth that was taken in December amongst Leptospermum.[2] This species has also been collected in December in the Dansey ecological district, near Kakanui, on Helichrysum aggregatum.[3]
References
- 1 2 Philpott, Alfred (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions.". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 57: 703. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ Clarke, Charles E. (1934). "The Lepidoptera of the Te Anau-Manapouri Lakes Districts.". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 63: 116. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ Patrick, B.H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. ISBN 0-478-01285-3. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
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