OECOPHORIDAE ⁴

Tingena hoplodesma (Meyrick, 1883). Endemic.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

The perfect insect appears from January to March, frequenting beech forests and is a rare species according to Hudson (1928).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Christopher Stephens, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Christopher Stephens
2. (c) Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research , some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Borkhausenia_thranias_holotype.jpg
3. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MA_I437628_TePapa_Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies_full_Tingena_hoplodesma.jpg
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
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• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants

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