Hierodoris callispora: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Xyloryctidae
- Genus
- Hierodoris
- Species
- Hierodoris callispora
- Scientific Name
- Hierodoris callispora
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hierodoris callispora
Hierodoris callispora is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and can be found throughout the country from south of the Bay of Plenty. This species inhabits native beech forest. Adults of the species have been found where Muehlenbeckia is common. Adults have also been collected from the flowers of Kunzea ericoides. However the larval host is unconfirmed although it has been hypothesised that larvae of this species feed on Kunzea ericoides flowers. Adults of this species can be distinguished by its orange ruff that contrasts with its dark head and thorax. There is a colour form that exists that has orange scales and an orange coloured fringe on the hindwing. Adults have been collected in December and January and are day flying but are also attracted to light at night. A female specimen has been found with a larva in her oviduct suggesting that this species may give birth to larval young.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hierodoris atychioides
- Hierodoris bilineata
- Hierodoris callispora
- Hierodoris electrica
- Hierodoris eremita
- Hierodoris extensilis
- Hierodoris frigida
- Hierodoris gerontion
- Hierodoris huia
- Hierodoris illita
- Hierodoris insignis
- Hierodoris iophanes
- Hierodoris pachystegiae
- Hierodoris polita
- Hierodoris s-fractum
- Hierodoris sesioides
- Hierodoris squamea
- Hierodoris stella
- Hierodoris stellata
- Hierodoris torrida
- Hierodoris tygris





