Heterocrossa facts for kids
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Heterocrossa
Meyrick, 1882
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Heterocrossa is a group of moths that belong to the Carposinidae family. These moths are special because they are only found in New Zealand. This means they are endemic to that country.
For a while, scientists thought Heterocrossa was the same as another group of moths called Carposina. But later, experts like Elwood C. Zimmerman and John S. Dugdale studied them more closely. They found that Heterocrossa moths are actually different enough to be their own group. So, Heterocrossa is now seen as a separate genus, not just a part of Carposina.
Types of Heterocrossa Moths
There are many different kinds of moths within the Heterocrossa genus. Here are some of the species that belong to this group:
- Heterocrossa adreptella (Walker, 1864)
- Heterocrossa canescens (Philpott, 1930)
- Heterocrossa charaxias Meyrick, 1891
- Heterocrossa contactella (Walker, 1866)
- Heterocrossa cryodana Meyrick, 1885
- Heterocrossa epomiana Meyrick, 1885
- Heterocrossa eriphylla Meyrick, 1888
- Heterocrossa exochana Meyrick, 1888
- Heterocrossa gonosemana Meyrick, 1882
- Heterocrossa hudsoni Dugdale, 1988
- Heterocrossa ignobilis (Philpott, 1930)
- Heterocrossa iophaea Meyrick, 1907
- Heterocrossa literata (Philpott, 1930)
- Heterocrossa maculosa (Philpott, 1927)
- Heterocrossa morbida (Meyrick, 1912)
- Heterocrossa philpotti Dugdale, 1971
- Heterocrossa rubophaga Dugdale, 1988
- Heterocrossa sanctimonea (Clarke, 1926)
- Heterocrossa sarcanthes (Meyrick, 1918)
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