Habrophila
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| image = Habrophila compseuta 102859332.jpg
| image_caption = Habrophila compseuta
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| parent_authority = Meyrick, 1889
| taxon = Habrophila compseuta
| authority = Meyrick, 1889
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Habrophila is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/973607714|title=New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils|publisher=Canterbury University Press|year=2010|isbn=9781877257933|editor-last=Gordon|editor-first=Dennis P.|volume=2|location=Christchurch, N.Z.|pages=464|oclc=973607714}} This genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.{{cite journal|last1=Dugdale|first1=J. S.|title=Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa|journal=Fauna of New Zealand|date=1988|volume=14|page=62|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|access-date=13 February 2018|archive-date=27 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127012448/https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|url-status=dead}} It consists of only one species,{{cite web|title=Habrophila Meyrick, 1889|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/44c77b0e-f152-480b-a120-1be9f3a8a6c8 |publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|access-date=13 February 2018}} Habrophila compseuta, which is endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Habrophila compseuta Meyrick, 1889|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/eaea5381-b89b-459c-b825-4781867c906e |publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|access-date=13 February 2018}}
Description of species
The wingspan is 11 mm. The forewings are very elongate and whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous, but less towards the base. The hindwings are whitish-grey.{{cite journal|last1=Meyrick|first1=Edward|title=Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|date=1889|volume=21|pages=161–62|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3290245|access-date=13 February 2018|language=en}} {{PD-notice}}
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Habrophila_compseuta|Habrophila}}
{{wikispecies|Habrophila}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100518211736/http://landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/lepidoptera/cgi-bin/bug.pl?1525001%3F18900.0000 Image of type specimen of Habrophila compseuta]
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Category:Monotypic moth genera
Category:Endemic fauna of New Zealand
Category:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Category:Endemic moths of New Zealand
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