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Species of moth

Nola parvitis
Holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nolidae
Subfamily: Nolinae
Genus: Nola
Species: N. parvitis
Binomial name
Nola parvitis
(Howes, 1917)
Synonyms
  • Adeixis parvitis Howes, 1917
  • Celama parvitis (Howes, 1917)

Nola parvitis is a moth of the family Nolidae. It was first described by George Howes in 1917.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Howes in 1917 and was originally named Adeixis parvitis. In 1927 Alfred Philpott placed this species in the genus Celama. In 2010 this species was listed under the genus Nola in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.

Distribution

It is endemic to New Zealand. Specimens have been found in Broad Bay, Otago and Aniseed Valley in Nelson. A specimen was also collected south east of Te Anau where it was described by Charles E. Clarke as being a rare moth that was taken in December amongst Leptospermum. This species has also been collected in December in the Dansey ecological district, near Kakanui, on Helichrysum aggregatum.

References

  1. "Nola parvitis Howes, 1917 | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. ^ "Nola parvitis (Howes, 1917) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. George Howes (1917). "XIV. — New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 274. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q121725581.
  4. ^ Philpott, Alfred (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 703. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
Taxon identifiers
Nola parvitis


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