Epalxiphora axenana
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Epalxiphora axenana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Tortricidae |
Genus: | Epalxiphora |
Species: | E. axenana
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Binomial name | |
Epalxiphora axenana |
Epalxiphora axenana, the brindled bell moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the North Island only.[2] Adults have been recorded on wing from November to the beginning of January in one or more generations per year.
The larvae feed on Macropiper excelsum, Dysoxylum spectabile and Citrus species.[3]
References
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- ^ Gilligan, T. M.; Baixeras, J.; Brown, J. W.; Tuck, K. R. "Epalxiphora". www.tortricidae.com. Todd Gilligan. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
- ^ Meyrick, E. 1881: Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. VI. Tortricina (continued). Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 6: 629-706. 647
- ^ Clare, G.K.; Singh, P. (1988). "A laboratory rearing method for Epalxiphora axenana on artificial diet and host plant". New Zealand Entomologist. 11 (1): 42–46. doi:10.1080/00779962.1988.9722534.
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