CARPOSINIDAE: Fruitworm Moths ³

Glaphyrarcha euthrepta (Meyrick, 1938). Endemic. Local & Uncommon.

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁴

Adults may be found from October to mid-summer in native forest. They fly at night and come to light. This seems to be a scarce moth in native Coromandel forest.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
2. George Vernon Hudson , no known copyright restrictions (public domain), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MA_I437922_TePapa_Plate-LXI-A-supplement_full.jpg
3. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaphyrarcha_euthrepta
4. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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