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Ericodesma melanosperma
Ericodesma melanosperma is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916. It is endemic to New Zealand.
From the article Ericodesma melanosperma on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 21 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax light grey, palpi moderate, ascending. Antennal ciliations 1. Abdomen pale ochreous-grey, anal tuft ochreous-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, without fold, apex tolerably pointed, termen nearly straight, rather strongly oblique, pale grey, with scattered black scales tending to form rows; costa rather broadly suffused with whitish; a conspicuous black dot in disc at 3⁄4 : cilia whitish-grey. Hindwings light grey : cilia whitish-grey.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. This species can be found in the South Island, Stewart Island and its islets and also Auckland and Campbell Islands. This species can be found in the subalpine zone to sea level.
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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 389112.