Izatha attactella

Izatha attactella
Izatha attactella Fig 8, 8a & 8b.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Izatha
Species: I. attactella
Binomial name
Izatha attactella
Walker, 1864
Synonyms
  • Semiocosma platyptera Meyrick, 1888

Izatha attactella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand,[1] where it is known from both the North and South Island as far south as mid-Canterbury.[2] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1864.[3]

The wingspan 24.5–38 mm for males and 22–36 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to December.

Larvae have been reported feeding under the bark of dead Elaeocarpus dentatus, Aristotelia serrata, Nothofagus, Myoporum laetum and Rhopalostylis sapida, feeding on the soft inner surface of the bark. It has also been recorded from dead wood of Castanea, Litsea calicaris, Olearia paniculata, Pinus patula, Pinus radiata and Sophora species. Pupation takes place under the bark in an oval cocoon of silk into which fragments of chewed wood are densely incorporated.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Izatha attactella Walker, 1864". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-30.
  2. 1 2 Hoare, Robert J. B. (2010). "Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 65: 1–201.
  3. ↑ Walker, Francis (1854). "Part XXIX. Tineites". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. pt. 29: 563–835 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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