HELIOZELIDAE ³

Heliozela catoptrias (Meyrick, 1897). Adventive.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

Adults can be found from August to April.

Life history ⁴

Image show old mined leaves of kanuka, after larvae have cut out pupal cases.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe
2. (c) Stephen Thorpe, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Stephen Thorpe
3. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliozela_catoptrias
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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