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Austrocidaria arenosa
Austrocidaria arenosa is a species of moth in the Geometridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. This moth is classified as "At Risk, Declining" by the Department of Conservation.
From the article Austrocidaria arenosa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Howes described the adult moths of the species as follows:
Male and female, 26 lines. Head and thorax whitish-ochre, slightly touched with grey. Abdomen whitish-ochre with black bar interrupted in centre on apex of all segments. All wings whitish-ochreous, crossed by waved darker striae. A slight darker suffusion from apex towards centre of forewing. Cilia greyish-white, with a darker-grey line at base. A series of minute black marks along veins and around termen.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. As well as the type locality of Titahi Bay, A. arenosa has also been recorded as occurring at Moeraki near Oamaru, at Paekākāriki, and near Cass.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
This species is attracted to blossoms, sugar and light. Adult moths are on the wing between November and March.
Wikipedia: “Biology and life cycle”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 386409.