Mnesarchaea

 Mnesarchaea is a genus of "New Zealand primitive moths" in the family Mnesarchaeidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Mnesarchaea
Mnesarchaea loxoscia.jpg
Mnesarchaea loxoscia
Scientific classificatione
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Mnesarchaeidae
Genus:Mnesarchaea
Meyrick, 1885[1]

TaxonomyEdit

This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.[1]

SpeciesEdit

These species belong to the genus Mnesarchaea:[2]

  • Mnesarchaea fallax Philpott, 1927
  • Mnesarchaea fusca Philpott, 1922
  • Mnesarchaea hudsoni Gibbs, 2019
  • Mnesarchaea paracosma Meyrick, 1885

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 Metasyntactic variable, which is released under the 
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