Orocrambus flexuosellus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Crambidae
- Genus
- Orocrambus
- Species
- Orocrambus flexuosellus
- Scientific Name
- Orocrambus flexuosellus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Orocrambus flexuosellus
Orocrambus flexuosellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843. O. flexuosellus is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the North Island, South Island and the Stewart Islands. The species' habitat consists of lowland to alpine grasslands.
The wingspan is 19–26 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from November to February.
The larvae are polyphagous, feeding on various grasses and sedges. The adult moths have been shown to pollinate Cassinia fulvida, Dracophyllum acerosum, Hoheria lyallii and Olearia virgata.
...Orocrambus flexuosellus in languages:
- English
- Common grass moth
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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
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