Phylacodes cauta is a moth of the family Plutellidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[1][2] It is the only species in the genus Phylacodes.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

Phylacodes
Illustration of male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Phylacodes
Meyrick, 1905
Species:
P. cauta
Binomial name
Phylacodes cauta

References

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  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 74. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. "Phylacodes Meyrick, 1905". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 10 June 2026.
  4. "NZOR Name Details - Phylacodes cauta Meyrick, 1905". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.