CRAMBIDAE: Crambinae ⁷

Glaucocharis holanthes (Meyrick, 1885). Endemic.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁸

Native forest; shrubland and waste ground. Adults are on the wing from November to February. They fly at night and regularly come to light.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Neville Hudson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Neville Hudson
2. (c) bikingbirder, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
3. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
4. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_36_MA_I437618_TePapa_Plate-XIX-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
5. (c) Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glaucocharis_holanthes_female.jpg
6. (c) Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Glaucocharis_holanthes_male.jpg
7. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucocharis_holanthes
8. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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