Calicotis crucifera
Calicotis crucifera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Oecophoridae |
Subfamily: | Stathmopodinae |
Genus: | Calicotis |
Species: | C. crucifera |
Binomial name | |
Calicotis crucifera Meyrick, 1889 | |
Calicotis crucifera, the leather-leaf spore-eater, is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand and Australia.
The wings are grey with dark specks. Adults are on wing from October to May.
The larvae feed on Pyrrosia eleagnifolia. They feed on the fern spores.[1]
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