CHOREUTIDAE ⁴

Asterivora antigrapha (Meyrick, 1911). Endemic. Locally common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁵

The perfect insect appears from September to March and flies actively in the late afternoon sunshine, often pausing to bask on flowers or leaves. According to Hudson (1928) it is sometimes locally abundant on the edges of scrub.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Grey Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Grey Smith
2. (c) William Brockelsby, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asterivora_antigrapha_158584381.jpg
3. anonymous, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_28_MA_I437894_TePapa_Plate-XXXIII-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/Asterivora_antigrapha
5. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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