Elachista antipodensis
Holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. antipodensis
Binomial name
Elachista antipodensis
(Dugdale, 1971)
Synonyms[1]
  • Irenicodes galatheae subsp. antipodensis Dugdale, 1971
  • Elachista galatheae subsp. antipodensis (Dugdale, 1971)

Elachista antipodensis is a moth in the family Elachistidae.[1][2] It was first described by John S. Dugdale in 1971.[3] It is found on the Antipodes Islands.[4]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by J. S. Dugdale in 1971. Dugdale originally believed it to be a subspecies of Irenicodes galatheae and named it Irenicodes galatheae antipodensis.[4] In 1977 Ernst Traugott-Olsen and Ebbe Schmidt Nielsen confirmed that the genus Irenicodes was synonymised with Elachista.[5] In 1999 Lauri Kaila raised this subspecies to species rank.[6] The justification for this change was given in 2019 and was based on the differences in male genitalia between E. galatheae and E. antipodensis.[1] The male holotype specimen, collected on Antipodes Island, is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Lauri Kaila (11 July 2019). "An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)". Zootaxa. 4632 (1): 1–231. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4632.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31712495. Wikidata Q86984314.
  2. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  3. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 112. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  4. 1 2 J. S. Dugdale (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae" (PDF). Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 55–172. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.
  5. ↑ Traugott-Olsen, Ernst; Schmidt Nielsen, Ebbe (1977). "On the status of the genera Irenicodes Meyrick, 1919 and Euproteodes Viette, 1954 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution. 8 (4): 317–318. doi:10.1163/187631277X00413. ISSN 1399-560X.
  6. ↑ Kaila, LaurI. (April 1999). "Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s . (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Systematic Entomology. 24 (2): 139–169. doi:10.1046/j.1365-3113.1999.00069.x. ISSN 0307-6970. S2CID 84263658.


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