Proterodesma turbotti

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tineiformes

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Familia: Tineidae
Subfamilia: Tineinae
Genus: Proterodesma
Species: Proterodesma turbotti

Name

• Proterodesma turbotti (Salmon & Bradley, 1956)
  • Authority for current placement: Dugdale, 1971: 156 ('n. comb.')
  • Original genus: Antipodesma
  • Primary type: holotype (designated), male (AMNZ 21982) ['Genitalia and wings of the type are mounted on separate microscope slides Nos. 19/53 and 19/54 respectively, deposited in the Auckland Museum, Auckland' - Salmon & Bradley (1956: 66)] [source: Salmon & Bradley (1956: 66)]
  • Type locality: 'Antipodes Islands, amongst the tussock on the plateau, above Rigdove [sic] Bay' [source: Salmon & Bradley (1956: 66)]
  • Secondary types: paratypes (designated), 7 (AMNZ, BMNH, MONZ, as 'Dominion Museum, Wellington') [source: Salmon & Bradley (1956: 66)]

References

cited sources

• Dugdale, J.S. 1971: ENTOMOLOGY OF THE AUCKLANDS AND OTHER ISLANDS SOUTH OF NEW ZEALAND: LEPIDOPTERA, EXCLUDING NON-CRAMBINE PYRALIDAE. Pacific insects monograph, 27: 55-172. PDF BUGZ
• Salmon, J.T.; Bradley, J.D. 1956: Lepidoptera from the Cape Expedition and Antipodes Islands. Records of the Dominion Museum, 3(1): 61-81. BUGZ

additional references

• Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14)
• Marris, J.W.M. 2000: The beetle (Coleoptera) fauna of the Antipodes Islands, with comments on the impact of mice; and an annotated checklist of the insect and arachnid fauna. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 30: 169-195. PDF