Izatha prasophyta

Izatha prasophyta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Izatha
Species: I. prasophyta
Binomial name
Izatha prasophyta
(Meyrick, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Semiocosma prasophyta Meyrick, 1884

Izatha prasophyta is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island, except Hawkes Bay or the Wairarapa.[1]

The wingspan is 16–22.5 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February.

Larvae have been reared from an unidentified log on a beach, and another from a fruiting body of the bracket fungus Bjerkandera adusta growing on an unidentified rotting stump.

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