TORTRICIDAE: Chlidanotinae ⁴

Lopharcha insolita (Dugdale, 1966). Endemic.

Unusual in that it has scale tufts on the forewings and the hind-wing has an strange shape as it is elongate (finger-like) toward the apex (N. Hudson, 2019).

Habitat, seasonality and behaviour ⁵

Adults are on the wing in native forest during summer and are attracted to artificial light.

Life history ⁵

Larval foodplant: Litsea calicaris (Sol. ex A.Cunn.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Kirk, Lauraceae (Tawa family), Laurales, Magnoliopsida, Spermatophyta. Biostatus: Endemic, Wild, New Zealand (PlantSynz NZ). Caterpillars feed inside (endophytically) inflorescences and shoots.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) Neville Hudson, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Neville Hudson
2. (c) AucklandNaturalist, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lopharcha_insolita.jpg
3. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Steer
4. Adapted by Tony Steer from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopharcha_insolita
5. (c) Tony Steer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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