Opogona comptella
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Opogona comptella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tineidae |
Genus: | Opogona |
Species: | O. comptella
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Binomial name | |
Opogona comptella (Walker, 1864)[1]
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Opogona comptella is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. It is found in New Zealand and in Australia from southern Queensland to Tasmania.
The wingspan is about 15 mm.[2]
The larvae feed on the bark of Salix vitellina and the galls of Acacia dealbata (caused by the rust fungus Uromycladium tepperianum) and Acacia melanoxylon (caused by the fly Cecidomyia acaciaelongifoliae).
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Opogona comptella.
- ^ "Opogona comptella". Butterfly House. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
- ^ Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley (13 September 2006). "Opogona comptella". uts.edu.au. Archived from the original on 13 August 2008. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
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