Orocrambus angustipennis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Orocrambus
- Species
- Orocrambus angustipennis
- Scientific Name
- Orocrambus angustipennis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Orocrambus angustipennis
Orocrambus angustipennis is a species of moth in the Crambinae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. O. angustipennis is present in the North Island, South Island and the Chatham Islands.
The wingspan is 34–40 mm for males and 44–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to March in two generations per year.
The larvae feed on Cortaderia, including Cortaderia selloana and Cortaderia toetoe. They feed within growing stems and blades.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Orocrambus abditus
- Orocrambus aethonellus
- Orocrambus angustipennis
- Orocrambus apicellus
- Orocrambus callirrhous
- Orocrambus catacaustus
- Orocrambus clarkei
- Orocrambus corruptus
- Orocrambus crenaeus
- Orocrambus cultus
- Orocrambus cyclopicus
- Orocrambus dicrenellus
- Orocrambus enchophorus
- Orocrambus ephorus
- Orocrambus eximia
- Orocrambus flexuosellus
- Orocrambus fugitivellus
- Orocrambus geminus
- Orocrambus haplotomus
- Orocrambus harpophorus
- Orocrambus heliotes
- Orocrambus heteraulus
- Orocrambus horistes
- Orocrambus isochytus
- Orocrambus jansoni
- Orocrambus lectus
- Orocrambus lewisi
- Orocrambus lindsayi
- Orocrambus machaeristes
- Orocrambus melampetrus
- Orocrambus melitastes
- Orocrambus mylites
- Orocrambus oppositus
- Orocrambus ordishi
- Orocrambus ornatus
- Orocrambus paraxenus
- Orocrambus philpotti
- Orocrambus punctellus
- Orocrambus ramosellus
- Orocrambus scoparioides
- Orocrambus scutatus
- Orocrambus simplex
- Orocrambus siriellus
- Orocrambus sophistes
- Orocrambus sophronellus
- Orocrambus thymiastes
- Orocrambus tritonellus
- Orocrambus tuhualis
- Orocrambus ventosus
- Orocrambus vittellus
- Orocrambus vulgaris
- Orocrambus xanthogrammus






























































































































































