| Gelophaula aenea | |
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| Illustration by George Hudson | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Gelophaula |
| Species: | G. aenea |
| Binomial name | |
| Gelophaula aenea | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Gelophaula aenea is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. [3] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. [1]
The larvae bore through the developing leaves of Celmisia lyalli . [4]
Meterana is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae. This genus is endemic to New Zealand.
Dasyuris is a genus of moths in the family Geometridae first described by Achille Guenée in 1868.
Pseudocoremia indistincta is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Gelophaula is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Tortricinae of the family Tortricidae.
Parienia is a genus of moths belonging to the subfamily Olethreutinae of the family Tortricidae. This genus was described by Edward Meyrick in 1881. It consists of only one species, Parienia mochlophorana, which is endemic to New Zealand.
Caloptilia linearis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from New Zealand.
Atomotricha is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae. The species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.
Proteodes carnifex is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Both the larvae and the adults of this species are variable in appearance. However the adults are normally easily identified as the outline is characteristic and the size is consistent. In appearance, adult moths mimic the leaves of their larval host plants. This species has been found near Wellington in the North Island, the tableland of Mount Arthur, in the Canterbury region, Arthur's Pass and at Lake Wakatipu in the South Island. The larval hosts of this species are southern beech trees, particularly black beech and mountain beech but larvae have also been found on Nothofagus fusca, Nothofagus truncata and Nothofagus menziesii. The female moth deposits her eggs individually on the underside of native beech tree leaves. Once hatched the larvae feed on those leaves through winter and spring and then pupate in January. The adult moth emerges from the pupa after fourteen days and is on the wing from January until April. They are day flying moths and are not attracted to light. Various insects parasitise the larvae of this moth including several species of wasp as well as flies including the endemic fly, Pales funesta.
Tingena griseata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in North Canterbury. The larvae of this species are leaf litter feeders.
Austrocidaria callichlora is a species of moth of the family Geometridae. It endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1879 and named Cidaria callichlora.
Dasyuris anceps is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Dasyuris hectori is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Declana feredayi is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. Adults of this species pollinate Hoheria Iyallii.
Dichromodes niger is a moth of the family Geometridae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the lower part of the South Island and upper half of the North Island. It inhabits rocky sites or forest clearings. The larvae feed on lichen. Adults are day flying, are rapid fliers, and are on the wing from November until January.
Helastia corcularia is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only in the South Island and the Chatham Islands. It inhabits a wide variety of habitats including native forest and scrubland, gardens, parks, subalpine and coastal areas. Larvae feed on herbs, lichen and moss. The adults of the species are on the wing from September until May and are nocturnal and attracted to light. H. corcularia is considered an orchard and pack house contaminant.
Helastia semisignata is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is only found in the North Island. The life history of this species is in need of further investigation as sources differ about what plants host the larvae. Adults are on the wing commonly from October until March.
Paranotoreas ferox is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. This species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877 and named Fidonia ferox. In 1986 Robin C. Craw placed this species within the genus Paranotoreas.
Atomotricha sordida is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island in the Canterbury and Otago regions. The adult female of the species is brachypterous.
Gymnobathra parca is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been hypothesised that this species likely belongs to another genus.
