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First iNaturalist NZ observation on September 14, 2013 in Rakaia Island (Great Island), Canterbury, New Zealand by jon_sullivan jon_sullivan, added September 23, 2013

Last observation on December 08, 2020 in Lincoln, New Zealand by ecoman ecoman

Added by stephen_thorpe on July 17, 2019 21:47

Updated by Site Admins on July 01, 2021 22:25

Source: Observation: Teucridium leaf miner moth from Rakaia Island (Great Island), Canterbury, New Zealand on September 14, 2013 at 01:35 PM by Jon Sullivan View
present
Endemic

Comments

NAME
Sabulopteryx botanica Hoare & Patrick, 2019

PARENT
Sabulopteryx

BIOSTATUS
Endemic, present in the wild.

DISTRIBUTION
North Island (CL, GB, HB, RI, TO, WA, WI)
South island (CO, MC, NN, SC).

HABITAT
Terrestrial.
Herbivore.

HOSTS
Teucrium parvifolium

REFERENCES
Hoare, R.J.B.; Patrick, B.H.; Buckley, T.R. 2019: A new leaf-mining moth from New Zealand, Sabulopteryx botanica sp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae, Gracillariinae), feeding on the rare endemic shrub Teucrium parvifolium (Lamiaceae), with a revised checklist of New Zealand Gracillariidae. ZooKeys, 865: 39-65. DOI

LINKS
Plant-SyNZ [As Teucridium leaf mine sp. 'parviflora' of Martin 2004 (Herbivore)]
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