Izatha gekkonella

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Izatha gekkonella
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Izatha gekkonella on a rock face in Macraes, Otago Region
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Izatha
Species:
I. gekkonella
Binomial name
Izatha gekkonella
Hoare, 2010 [1]

Izatha gekkonella is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the region of the Taieri and Shag River catchments in eastern Otago. [2]

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Description

The wingspan is 13.5–15.5 mm for males and 13.5–17 mm for females. [2] This species is very similar in appearance to I. convulsella but is slightly smaller and has a more brownish appearance. [2]

Behaviour

Adults have been recorded in October, November and December. [2]

Larvae have been recorded feeding on lichens on rock-faces, making a silken web amongst the lichens. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Izatha gekkonella Hoare, 2010". NZOR. 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Hoare, Robert J. B. (2 September 2010). "Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae)". Fauna of New Zealand. 65: 1–201.
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