Phaeosaces
| Phaeosaces | |
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| Phaeosaces compsotypa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Depressariidae |
| Genus: | Phaeosaces Meyrick, 1885 [1] |
Phaeosaces is a genus of moths belonging to the family Depressariidae, endemic to New Zealand.[2] It has been considered to be a synonym of Cryptolechia until reinstated as a valid genus by John S. Dugdale (1988).[3]
Species[edit]
- Phaeosaces apocrypta Meyrick, 1885
- Phaeosaces coarctatella (Walker, 1864)
- Phaeosaces compsotypa Meyrick, 1885
- Phaeosaces lindsayae (Philpott, 1928)
References[edit]
- ^ Meyrick, E. 1885: Descriptions of New Zealand microlepidoptera. Gelechiadae VIII. Tineina (part). New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin), 2(12): 589-592. BHL [See p. 591; description]
- ^ Heikkilä, M. et al. 2014: Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera). Cladistics, 30(6): 563-589. doi:10.1111/cla.12064 [See p. 582, 'The New Zealand genus Phaeosaces, formerly considered an oecophorid (Hoare, 2005) or xyloryctid (Kaila, 2004), is here grouped in Depressariidae, as in Kaila et al. (2011)']
- ^ Dugdale, J.S. 1988: Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. Fauna of New Zealand, (14) Extract and PDF [See p. 98; 'Note. Cryptolechia Zeller is based on C. straminella Zeller from South Africa, the ♂ genitalia of which bear no resemblance to those of New Zealand species (nor Nearctic species; see figures in Hodges 1974). Phaeosaces is available, and is here revived, as a generic name for New Zealand species']
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