TORTRICIDAE: Olethreutinae ⁷

Strepsicrates ejectana, (Walker, 1863). Adventive. Common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁸

Adults are on the wing from October to May and can be attracted to light in native forest clearings.

Life history ⁸

The larvae feed on Thryptomene calycina, Psidium guajava, Psidium littorale, Syzygium jambos, Eugenia uniflora and Metrosideros collina.

Notes: ⁸

It is found on Fiji, Samoa, the Marquesas Archipelago, Tahiti, Rapa Iti, the southern Mariana Islands, the Philippines and in New Caledonia, New Zealand and Australia (New South Wales, Tasmania and Western Australia).

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Jon Sullivan, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Jon Sullivan
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4. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_1_MA_I437626_TePapa_Plate-XXVII-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
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6. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
7. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strepsicrates_ejectana
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