Heliothela atra

Heliothela atra is a moth of the family Crambidae.[1][3] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877,[2] using a specimen obtained in the Canterbury plains and sourced from the collection of J. D. Enys.[4] It is endemic in New Zealand.[1] The habitat of this species is dry tussock grasslands.[5]

Heliothela atra
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Heliothela
Species:	H. atra
Binomial name
Heliothela atra (Butler, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[2]
Orosana atra Butler, 1877 Heliothela erebopis Meyrick, 1913

References

1. "Heliothela atra (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 158. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
3. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
4. Butler, A. G. (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
5. Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 69–98. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962 – via Researchgate.