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Reductoderces microphanes
Reductoderces microphanes is a moth of the family Psychidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. R. microphanes is a bagworm moth and its larvae likely feed on lichen or algae. Historically there has been some confusion over the identification of this species with George Hudson mistakenly describing and illustrating unnamed species and then attributing those descriptions and illustrations to this species. Charles Edwin Clarke discussed this species stating that it and its close relatives were active and able to be collected in damp mists before sunrise.
From the article Reductoderces microphanes on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Meyrick described the species as follows:
Male. — 9 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae light fuscous; palpi moderate; antennal ciliations 2+1⁄2. Thorax fuscous. Abdomen grey. Legs grey-whitish. Forewings elongate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, hindmargin extremely obliquely rounded; rather dark fuscous, irrorated with very obscure grey-whitish spots; costa with four more distinct small white spots on posterior half: cilia whitish-fuscous, basal half except towards anal angle fuscous obscurely spotted with whitish. Hindwings light grey; cilia 1+1⁄2, grey-whitish.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been collected in its type locality of Christchurch as well as in Dunedin.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Charles Edwin Clarke stated that the adults of this species are active and able to be collected in damp mists before sunrise.
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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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 396309.