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Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)

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Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. 2018: Adventive moths (Lepidoptera) established in mainland New Zealand: additions and new identifications since 2001. Australian Entomologist 45(3): 273-324.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)
First record: 1 ♀, AK: Onehunga, date unknown but 1939 or before, A.J. Hipwell (holotype of Borkhausenia morella Hudson, presumed lost). Subsequent records: 8 ♂♂, AK: Papakura, Ponsonby, Freemans Bay, 1980-2009 (NHNZ); HB: 3 ♀♀, Napier, Kennedy Park, to light, 2 Dec 2000 (NZAC). Other specimens seen but not collected, the latest to light, Freemans Bay AK, 21-22 Dec 2016 (NH database). Opsitycha squalidella appears to be distinctly scarce and local in NZ but is clearly established, at least at low density.

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Myerick
Myerick
1884
ICZN
Philobota squalidella Meyrick, 1884
species
Opsitycha squalidella

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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Oecophoridae
Opsitycha
squalidella

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Borkhausenia morella Hudson, 1939
Borkhausenia morella Hudson
Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Borkhausenia morella Hudson, 1939
Borkhausenia morella Hudson
Macfarlane, R. P.; Maddison, P. A. et al. (2010)
Borkhausenia morella Hudson, 1939
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)
Philobota squalidella Meyrick, 1884
Philobota squalidella Meyrick, 1884
Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)
Opsitycha squalidella (Myerick, 1884)

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9 May 2019
9 May 2019
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