Eugennaea
Genus of moths
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Eugennaea is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.[2][3] It was described in 1914 by Edward Meyrick.[4] The genus contains only one species, Eugennaea laquearia, which is endemic to New Zealand.[5][6] Meyrick described the species from specimens collected by George Vernon Hudson on Nīkau stems at Kaeo in January.[4]
| Eugennaea | |
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| Eugennaea laquearia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Eugennaea Meyrick, 1915 |
| Species: | E. laquearia |
| Binomial name | |
| Eugennaea laquearia (Meyrick, 1914)[1] | |
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