Chrysorthenches drosochalca

Chrysorthenches drosochalca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Yponomeutoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Superfamilia: Yponomeutoidea

Familia: Plutellidae
Genus: Chrysorthenches
Species: Chrysorthenches drosochalca

Name

Chrysorthenches drosochalca (Meyrick, 1905: 242)

• Original genus: Orthenches
• Original status: Valid species
• Primary type: Lectotype
  • Fixation: Designated by Dugdale, 1988: 74 ('here designated')
  • Description: [Adult] male
  • Repository: BMNH
• Type locality: 'Wellington New Zealand' [NEW ZEALAND WN]
• ZooBank: [1]

References

• Dugdale, J.S. 1996. Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer-associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 23(1): 33–59. DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1996.9518064 Reference page.  [See p. 38, and figs. 2, 26, 27, 46; 'n. comb.' (p. 35); redescription (female, male, larva)]