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Celama parvitis

(Celama parvitis)

Description

Celama parvitis is a moth of the family Nolidae and is likely endemic to New Zealand. Specimens have been found in Broad Bay, Otago and Aniseed Valley in Nelson. A specimen was also collected south east of Te Anau where it was described by C. E. Clarke as being a rare moth that was taken in December amongst Leptospermum. This species has also been collected in December in the Dansey ecological district, near Kakanui, on Helichrysum aggregatum.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nolidae
Genus:Celama
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