genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
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moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...
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family
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Tineidae
Tineidae is a family of moths in the order Lepidoptera described by Pierre André Latreille in 1810. Collectively, they are known as fungus moths or tineid moths. The family contains considerably more than 3,000 species in more than 300 genera. ...
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Species
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Sagephora exsanguis
''Sagephora exsanguis'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1918. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been found on Cuvier Island, as well as the North and South
South is one o ...
Sagephora jocularis
''Sagephora jocularis'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1926. This species is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Canterbury and Southland. Adults are on the wing in Janua ...
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Sagephora phortegella
''Sagephora phortegella'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is 8–13 mm. The forewings are ochreous-white, the dorsal half su ...
'' Meyrick, 1888
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Sagephora steropastis
''Sagephora steropastis'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1891. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 11 mm. The forewings are blackish-fuscous with a very irr ...
'' Meyrick, 1891
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Sagephora subcarinata
''Sagephora subcarinata'' is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1931. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
References
External linksImage of type specimen of ''Sagephora subcarinata''.
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