Tanaoctena dubia
Tanaoctena dubia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Galacticidae |
Genus: | Tanaoctena |
Species: | T. dubia |
Binomial name | |
Tanaoctena dubia Philpott, 1931 | |
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Tanaoctena dubia, the Karamu shoot borer or Coprosma shoot borer moth, is a moth in the Galacticidae family. It was described by Philpott in 1931.[1] It is found in New Zealand.
The wingspan is about 18 mm. The forewings are dull brownish with an inwardly oblique thick blackish fuscous mark in the disc at about one-fourth. There is also a small round blackish fuscous discal dot at two-thirds. The hindwings are fuscous grey.[2]
The larvae feed on Coprosma species. They mine the leaves of their host plant, but also bore into the growing shoot tips, causing these shoots to wilt.
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