OECOPHORIDAE: Concealer Moths ⁴

Tingena compsogramma (Meyrick, 1920). Endemic. Locally uncommon.

A beautiful looking moth which displays considerable variation in the extent of the golden-orange markings as well as the depth of the ground colour.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

Adults appear from November to March and frequents native forest, noticeably at higher altitudes.

Life history ⁴

Unknown.

Notes ⁴

Tingena is the largest genus of Lepidoptera in New Zealand, with over 80 known species with many very similar (Hoare, 2014)

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe
2. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
3. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_5_MA_I437628_TePapa_Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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