Heterocrossa | |
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Heterocrossa sanctimonea | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: |
Heterocrossa Meyrick, 1882 [1] |
Heterocrossa is a genus of moths in the Carposinidae family. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] This genus was previously regarded as a synonym of the genus Carposina. However Elwood C. Zimmerman in Insects of Hawaii (1978, p. 797) removed Heterocrossa from synonymy with Carposina. [5] [6] Zimmerman argued that as the genitalia of Heterocrossa and Carposina are distinct, Heterocrossa should not be regarded as a synonym of Carposina. [5] This was agreed with by John S. Dugdale in his annotated catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera. [1]
Species contained in the genus include: [7]
Heterocrossa | |
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Heterocrossa sanctimonea | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: |
Heterocrossa Meyrick, 1882 [1] |
Heterocrossa is a genus of moths in the Carposinidae family. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] This genus was previously regarded as a synonym of the genus Carposina. However Elwood C. Zimmerman in Insects of Hawaii (1978, p. 797) removed Heterocrossa from synonymy with Carposina. [5] [6] Zimmerman argued that as the genitalia of Heterocrossa and Carposina are distinct, Heterocrossa should not be regarded as a synonym of Carposina. [5] This was agreed with by John S. Dugdale in his annotated catalogue of New Zealand Lepidoptera. [1]
Species contained in the genus include: [7]