Leucotenes coprosmae

Leucotenes coprosmae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Leucotenes
Species: L. coprosmae
Binomial name
Leucotenes coprosmae
(Dugdale, 1988)[1]
Synonyms
  • Planotortrix coprosmae Dugdale, 1988

Leucotenes coprosmae is a species of moth of the Tortricidae family. It is found in New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the North and South islands, as well as Stewart Island.

The wingspan is 14–26 mm. The ground colour of the head, thorax, forewings and abdomen is creamy or milky white. There is a short oblique black, chocolate, or dark red bar on the forewing.

The larvae feed on small-leaved Coprosma species. They have a green body with a red dorsal stripe.[2]

References

  1. tortricidae.com
  2. J.S. Dugdale 1990: Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 17(3): 437-465.
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