Erechthias acrodina

TINEIDAE: Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths & Allies 3

Erechthias acrodina (Meyrick, 1912). Endemic.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour 4

Hudson (1928) states "The perfect insect appears in November and December, and frequents forest and that it is found on dead Leptospernum.

Sources and Credits

  1. no rights reserved, uploaded by Peter de Lange
  2. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_19_MA_I437897_TePapa_Plate-XXXVI-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
  3. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erechthias_acrodina
  4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

iNaturalist NZ Map

Forewing 5-9 mm, divergent tips, elongate, narrow
Antennae laid back
Resting posture horizontal, roof-like
Body spiky-head