Hierodoris pachystegiae: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Xyloryctidae
- Genus
- Hierodoris
- Species
- Hierodoris pachystegiae
- Scientific Name
- Hierodoris pachystegiae
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hierodoris pachystegiae
Hierodoris pachystegiae is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has only been collected at KaikÅura. The larval host are plants in the genus Pachystegia which is found only in the Marlborough region. The larvae of this species have yet to be described from life but the adults of this species are predominantly grey in colour. The forewings of this species have silver markings similar to that of H. electrica.
...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