Tortrix sphenias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It is likely that this species probably belongs to another genus and as such this species is also known as Tortrix (s.l.) zestodes.[1][3]

Tortrix sphenias
Illustration of male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Tortrix
Species:
T. sphenias
Binomial name
Tortrix sphenias
(Meyrick, 1909)[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tortrix sphenias (Meyrick, 1909)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  2. ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 128. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 465. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.