Amblyptilia lithoxesta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Amblyptilia
- Species
- Amblyptilia lithoxesta
- Scientific Name
- Amblyptilia lithoxesta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Amblyptilia lithoxesta
Amblyptilia lithoxesta is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. This species inhabits rough herbage on mountain sides. Larvae feed on Veronica buchananii. Adults are on the wing in January.
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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
- Amblyptilia scutellaris
- Amblyptilia viettei