DEPRESSARIIDAE ⁴

Phaeosaces coarctatella (Walker, 1864). Endemic. Locally common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁵

It is common throughout New Zealand and can be found in native forest and gardens. Adults are found mainly from September to December, occasionally January. They fly at night and come to light.

Life History ⁵

Larvae shelter under loose bark or in hollow twigs of trees and shrubs, emerging at night to graze on epiphytic lichens. They pupate in the larval shelter (Hoare, 2014).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Grahame, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), uploaded by Grahame
2. (c) Mike Lusk, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike Lusk
3. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
4. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phaeosaces_coarctatella
5. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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