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s" in the family Mnesarchaeidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This genus was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Mnesarchaea'': * ''

Mnesarchaea fallax ''Mnesarchaea fallax'' is a species of primitive moth in the family Mnesarchaeidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is found in the Taranaki, Taupo, Nelson and Buller regions. It lives in a variety of habitats such as beech forest c ...

'' Philpott, 1927 * ''

Mnesarchaea fusca ''Mnesarchaea fusca'' is a species of primitive moths in the family Mnesarchaeidae. This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1922, and is endemic to New Zealand. The larvae of the species is bright green when young but turns a brow ...

'' Philpott, 1922 * ''

Mnesarchaea hudsoni ''Mnesarchaea hudsoni'' is a species of primitive moths in the family Mnesarchaeidae. This species was first described by George William Gibbs in 2019, and is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the Auckland, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty, Ta ...

'' Gibbs, 2019 * ''

Mnesarchaea paracosma ''Mnesarchaea paracosma'' is a species of primitive moths in the family Mnesarchaeidae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the Kaikōura, mid and south Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury, Mackenzie Basin, MacKenzie, Otago ...

'' Meyrick, 1885

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q1139423 Moths of New Zealand Mnesarchaeoidea Endemic fauna of New Zealand Moth genera Taxa named by Edward Meyrick Endemic moths of New Zealand