Izatha churtoni | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Genus: | Izatha |
Species: | I. churtoni |
Binomial name | |
Izatha churtoni Dugdale, 1988 | |
Izatha churtoni is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the North Island. [1]
The wingspan is 18–31.5 mm for males and 24.5–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to February.
Larvae have been recorded in dead branches of Coriaria arborea . One specimen was reared from a larva in dead Fuchsia excorticata . Further rearing records are from dead wood of Alnus rubra , Quercus species and Pittosporum tenuifolium .
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