TORTRICIDAE: Tortricinae ⁴

Prothelymna niphostrota (Meyrick, 1907). Endemic. Common.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

It is on the wing from early spring though to the end of summer in native forest. In the Coromandel ranges I have this species to be a common moth at light traps in native forest clearings during early spring.

Life history ⁴

Larvae tunnel into two year old shoots of Hebe (Veronica) species and current shoots of Brachyglottis kirki; shoots may wilt, frass and silk by exit hole. PlantSynz

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Possums' End, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Possums' End
2. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
3. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fig_14_MA_I437621_TePapa_Plate-XXII-The-butterflies_full_(cropped).jpg
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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