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Ericodesma scruposa
Ericodesma scruposa, also known as the Gleichenia ugly nestmaker, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand.
From the article Ericodesma scruposa on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The larva is colour green with a dark head and is between 5 and 8 mm long when mature. The adults of this species have a wingspan is about 21 mm. The forewings are white with bronzy-brown markings. The hindwings are fuscous grey.
What it does
The larva live inside silken webbing around an opening tips of Gleichenia dicarpa.
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 389113.