Amblyptilia heliastis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Amblyptilia
- Species
- Amblyptilia heliastis
- Scientific Name
- Amblyptilia heliastis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Amblyptilia heliastis
Amblyptilia heliastis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. The larvae of this species feed on Veronica species. The adults of this species are on the wing from October to February and can often be found amongst subalpine Veronica species.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Amblyptilia acanthadactyla
- Amblyptilia aeolodes
- Amblyptilia bowmani
- Amblyptilia clavata
- Amblyptilia deprivatalis
- Amblyptilia direptalis
- Amblyptilia epotis
- Amblyptilia falcatalis
- Amblyptilia forcipata
- Amblyptilia grisea
- Amblyptilia hebeata
- Amblyptilia heliastis
- Amblyptilia incerta
- Amblyptilia japonica
- Amblyptilia lithoxesta
- Amblyptilia pica
- Amblyptilia punctidactyla
- Amblyptilia repletalis
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