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Rhathamictis nocturna
Rhathamictis nocturna is a moth of the Psychidae family. This species was described by Charles Edwin Clarke in 1926. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the Auckland region. Larvae of this species build small protective cases in which they hide and from which they feed. Adults have been observed on the wing in November and January.
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Description
Clarke described the species as follows:
♂. 8 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae fuscous. Antennal ciliations 2.- Thorax and legs fuscous. Abdomen light fuscous. Forewings elongateoval, costa arched, apex rounded, hind-margin rather rounded; dark fuscous : cilia dark fuscous. Hindwings fuscous : cilia fuscous.R. nocturna can be distinguished from its sister species R. perspersa as it is smaller and lacks the distinct yellowish forewing speckling of the latter species.
Range & habitat
R. nocturna is endemic to New Zealand and have been observed in the Auckland region.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
Larvae of this species build small protective cases in which they hide and from which they feed. Adults of this species have been observed on the wing in November and January.
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 396352.