Asterivora fasciata

Asterivora fasciata
Male holotype specimen held at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Asterivora
Species: A. fasciata
Binomial name
Asterivora fasciata
(Philpott, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Simaethis fasciata Philpott, 1930

Asterivora fasciata is a species of moth in the Choreutidae family.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

The larvae feed on Cassinia species.

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1979). "A new generic name for the New Zealand species previously assigned to Simaethis auctorum (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae), with description of a new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (3): 461–466. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428386. ISSN 1175-8821 – via Taylor & Francis.


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