Thallostoma
{{Short description|Genus of moths}}
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| image = Thallostoma eurygrapha 334890502.jpg
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| parent_authority = Meyrick, 1913
| taxon = Thallostoma eurygrapha
| authority = Meyrick, 1913
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Thallostoma is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.{{Cite Q|Q45922947|page=464}}{{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=65|url=https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf|access-date=15 February 2018}} It contains only one species, Thallostoma eurygrapha, which is endemic to New Zealand.{{cite web|title=Thallostoma eurygrapha Meyrick, 1913|url=http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/46ca9187-04e1-46d5-9cfb-9e096617b64a|website=www.nzor.org.nz|publisher=Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd|access-date=15 February 2018}}
Description of species
The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The forewings are elongate and dark purplish-fuscous with whitish-ochreous markings. The hindwings are grey.{{Cite journal|last=Meyrick|first=E.|date=1913|title=Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera.|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9975745|journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute|volume=45|pages=22–29|via=Biodiversity Heritage Library}} {{PD-notice}}
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100518150322/http://landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biosystematics/invertebrates/lepidoptera/cgi-bin/bug.pl?1525016?19270.0000 Image of type specimen of Thallostoma eurygrapha]
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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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