Plutella polaris
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| Plutella polaris | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Plutellidae |
| Genus: | Plutella |
| Species: | P. polaris |
| Binomial name | |
| Plutella polaris | |
Plutella polaris is a moth species in the family Plutellidae and was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1880. It is known to occur in Svalbard, Norway, and the Altai Mountains of Russia.
Plutella polaris was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1880 from specimens collected by Alfred Edwin Eaton at Svalbard in July 1873.[2]: 129 The species was not recorded again until the collection of a single specimen at the Indre Wijdefjorden National Park of Svalbard in July 2015, which is the first female specimen described.[2]: 129
