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Schiffermuelleria orthophanes
Schiffermuelleria orthophanes is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as critically endangered by the Department of Conservation.
From the article Schiffermuelleria orthophanes on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Meyrick described the species as follows:
9-10 mm. Head, antennae, and thorax dark bronzy-fuscous. Palpi rather dark fuscous, internally whitish-ochreous, terminal joint as long as second. Abdomen dark fuscous, apex whitish-ochreous. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; fuscous, slightly purplish-tinged, irrorated with dark fuscous and blackish; a straight rather narrow fascia at 1⁄4, a small spot in middle of disc, and opposite subcostal and subdorsal spots at 3⁄4 pale ochreous-yellow, irregular-edged : cilia fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous towards base. Hind-wings dark fuscous; cilia fuscous, with dark fuscous basal shade.
Range & habitat
This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been collected in Auckland, Waimarino, Wellington, North Brother Island, Stephens Island, Nelson, and Southland.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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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 396808.