Tmetolophota lissoxyla
Tmetolophota lissoxyla is a moth of the family Noctuidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911 from a specimen collected on the Mount Arthur tableland and obtained from George Hudson.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It is an alpine species which is common and widespread in good snowgrass in the alpine zone.[3]
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- "Tmetolophota lissoxyla (Meyrick, 1911)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
- Meyrick, E. (1911). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera. Parts I and II". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 57–78 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Barratt, B. I. P.; Patrick, B. H. (January 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.
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