TINEIDAE: Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths & Allies ⁴

Erechthias chasmatias (Meyrick, 1880). F.L. 5 mm. Endemic. Common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁵

Adults are on the wing from October to January in native forest and scrub.

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. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_17_MA_I437897_TePapa_Plate-XXXVI-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
4. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechthias_chasmatias
5. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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