Isonomeutis

Isonomeutis
Isonomeutis amauropa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Copromorphidae
Genus:
Meyrick, 1888

Isonomeutis is a genus of moths in the Copromorphidae family. All species are endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[1]

Description

Meyrick described the genus as follows:

Forehead with projecting scales. Antennæ in male filiform, shortly ciliated (½). Palpi very long, straight, porrected, with rough projecting scales above and beneath, somewhat attenuated, terminal joint concealed. Thorax smooth. Posterior tibiæ smooth-scaled. Forewings with veins 3 and 4 approximated at base, 7 to hindmargin, surface with small tufts of scales. Hindwings markedly narrower than forewings, rounded; veins 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5, 6, 7 tolerably parallel, lower median naked.[1]

Species

References

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  1. ^ a b Edward Meyrick (1888), Notes on New Zealand Tortricina, vol. 20, p. 75, Wikidata Q110463426


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