Eugennaea

Eugennaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Eugennaea
Meyrick, 1915
Species: E. laquearia
Binomial name
Eugennaea laquearia
(Meyrick, 1914)[1]
Synonyms
  • Decadarchis laquearia Meyrick, 1914

Eugennaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2] It contains only one species, Eugennaea laquearia, which is found in New Zealand.

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.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera
  2. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Tineidae
  3. ↑ Transactions and proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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