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Izatha prasophyta
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Izatha
Species:
I. prasophyta
Binomial name
Izatha prasophyta
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Semiocosma prasophyta Meyrick, 1884

Izatha prasophyta is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island, except Hawkes Bay or the Wairarapa.

The wingspan is 16–22.5 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February.

Larvae have been reared from an unidentified log on a beach, and another from a fruiting body of the bracket fungus Bjerkandera adusta growing on an unidentified rotting stump.

Images for kids

  • Fig 4 MA I437893 TePapa Plate-XXXII-The-butterflies full (cropped)

    Illustration of I. prasophyta by George Hudson.

  • Wellington Botanical Garden 10

    Wellington Botanical Garden, the type locality of this species.

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