OECOPHORIDAE: Concealer Moths ⁴

Tingena eumenopa (Meryick, 1926). Endemic.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

According to Hudson (1928), the perfect insect appears in December amongst tree ferns.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Grey Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Grey Smith
2. (c) wild_wind, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by wild_wind
3. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_6_MA_I437891_TePapa_Plate-XXX-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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