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Zelleria maculata

Zelleria maculata
Zelleria maculata (Philpott, 1930) AMNZ21824.jpg
Holotype specimen held at Auckland Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Yponomeutidae
Genus: Zelleria
Species: Z. maculata
Binomial name
Zelleria maculata
Philpott, 1930

Zelleria maculata is an ermine moth species that is endemic to New Zealand. It feeds on Peraxilla tetrapetala as well as Peraxilla colensoi, mistletoe species that are also endemic to New Zealand.

Zelleria maculata was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930.


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