Izatha picarella

Izatha picarella
Izatha picarella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Izatha
Species: I. picarella
Binomial name
Izatha picarella
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Oecophora picarella Walker, 1864
  • Psecadia teras Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875

Izatha picarella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Nelson and Marlborough districts of the northern South Island.[1]

The wingspan is 22.5–28.5 mm for males and 20.5–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to January.

Larvae have been reared from dead wood of apple (probably Malus domesticus) and from dead branches of Melicytus ramiflorus.

References

  1. ^ Fauna of New Zealand - Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae)
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