Parocystola acroxantha

Parocystola acroxantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Parocystola
Species:
P. acroxantha
Binomial name
Parocystola acroxantha
(Meyrick, 1885)

Parocystola acroxantha is a species of moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand, but has been introduced in Great Britain.[1]

Larvae feed have been recorded on Eucalyptus and Berberis species.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Agassiz, David J.L. (1971). ""Two 'rediscoveries' made in 1970". The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation. 83: 39 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.


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