| Austramathes fortis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Austramathes |
| Species: | A. fortis |
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| Austramathes fortis | |
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Austramathes fortis is a species of moth in the family Noctuidae. [1] [2] It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880 from a specimen collected in Marlborough. [3] It is endemic to New Zealand.
The wingspan of the male A. fortis is 29 – 37 mm where as the wingspan of the female is 29 – 41 mm. [1] George Hudson described the species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is a little over 1 in. The fore wings are dull brownish-ochreous finely speckled with black; there is a conspicuous hook-shaped black mark close to the base, a sharp black mark on the costa at about 1/4, a clouded wavy line near the middle of the wing, darker on the costa, a sharp black mark on the costa just beyond this, followed by a wavy band of dark brownish-black, very much broader on the costa than on the dorsum, and bordered with a pale wavy line towards the termen. The hind wings are dark brownish- black. The cilia of the fore wings are brownish-ochreous, of the hind wings dark - grey. The head and thorax are brownish-ochreous, and the abdomen grey. There are two conspicuous black marks on the anterior portion of the thorax. [4]
A. fortis is found in both the North and the South Islands but has yet to be recorded at Stewart Island. [1] Adults can be found on the wing during the months of July to March. [1]
The larvae of this moth has been shown to feed on several Melicytus species including M. crassifolius, M. alpinus , M. macrophyllus and M. novae-zelandiae . [1]
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