Tanaoctena dubia

Tanaoctena dubia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Galacticidae
Genus: Tanaoctena
Species: T. dubia
Binomial name
Tanaoctena dubia
Philpott, 1931
Synonyms
  • Tanaoctenota dubia

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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