Sabatinca calliarcha: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Micropterigidae
Genus
Sabatinca
Species
Sabatinca calliarcha
Scientific Name
Sabatinca calliarcha

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Sabatinca calliarcha

Sabatinca calliarcha is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in two separate areas of New Zealand - the first in the northern parts of the North Island including Great Barrier Island and the second population can be found from the top of the South Island down to Southland. The adults of the species are on the wing from the end of September until the middle of January. The species prefers to inhabit damp forests and larvae likely feed on leafy liverwort species. Adult moths likely feed on the spores of ferns or the pollen of sedge grasses.

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Sabatinca calliarcha
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Sabatinca calliarcha
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Sabatinca calliarcha
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