Euchersadaula lathriopa
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| Euchersadaula lathriopa | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Euchersadaula |
| Species: | E. lathriopa |
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| Euchersadaula lathriopa | |
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Euchersadaula lathriopa is a moth of the family Oecophoridae.[3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[2][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using specimens collected in Wellington, Nelson and the Mount Arthur plateau in January.[4]
Description
Meyrick described this species was described as follows:
♂. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, extreme tips of second and terminal joints whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations 1+1⁄2, even. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; light reddish-fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with brown and dark fuscous; edge of basal patch indicated by a very obscure pale acutely angulated narrow fascia; stigmata dark fuscous, very undefined, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal; a subterminal series of undefined dark fuscous dots, indented beneath costa; a series of undefined dark fuscous dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, tinged with reddish, with a grey postmedian shade. Hind-wings dark fuscous, lighter towards base; cilia grey, with dark grey basal shade.[4]
Distribution
This species is found throughout the North Island and as far south as Christchurch in the South Island.[5]
