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whitish-ochreous, suffusedly irrorated with dark fuscous. Legs whitish-ochreous, irrorated with dark fuscous ; anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi suffused with blackish except at apex of joints, posterior tarsi dark fuscous towards base of joints. Forewings moderately broad, triangular, costa very slightly arched, somewhat bent before apex, apex obtusely pointed, hindmargin moderately oblique, rather strongly sinuate below apex ; ochreous-whitish, when fresh slightly pinkish or purplish-tinged, thickly and coarsely irrorated with dark fuscous, towards inner margin slightly more ochreous-tinged, and towards disc more or less strongly suffused with light ochreous-fuscous ; a small irregular black spot on inner margin almost at base, and a similar one below costa almost at base ; an irregular sinuate longitudinal black streak, attenuated at extremities, extending almost from base along submedian fold to
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inhabits the foredunes of coastal areas. The larval host is unknown but it has been hypothesised that the larvae feed on moss. The adult moths are day flying although some specimens have been trapped at night via light traps. Adults are commonly on the wing from March to April. This species has been
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Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017).
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676:"On the classification of the Schoenobiinae and Crambinae, two subfamilies of moths of the family Pyralidae"
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male and females have variable colour patternation on their wings. The females have variable wing length.
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is slightly larger and the edges of its forewings are more lightly coloured. Both
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Patrick, Brian (1994). "Lepidoptera of
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute
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transverse elongate white black-margined spot in disc at
340:, who studied the male genitalia of the species. In 1973
742:. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 172.
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809:. Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. Archived from
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576:"Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera (I.)"
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717:: 30–51 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
755:"The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Crambidae"
1064:"Descriptions of New Zealand micro-lepidoptera"
680:Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London
645:"Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera"
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375:Meyrick described this species as follows:
296:classified as Nationally Vulnerable by the
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1029:Debbie Hogan; Scott Hooson (6 June 2017).
707:"A Revision of the New Zealand Pyralidina"
324:was a misspelling by Meyrick of the genus
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427:This species is visually very similar to
739:The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand
557:New Zealand Threat Classification Series
526:New Zealand Threat Classification System
312:in 1882 from specimens collected in the
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344:assigned the species to the genus
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1274:Endangered biota of New Zealand
905:Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010).
807:Gadira petraula (Meyrick, 1883)
433:but it can be distinguished as
973:10.1080/03014223.1987.10422688
960:New Zealand Journal of Zoology
782:New Zealand Journal of Science
580:New Zealand Journal of Science
354:Natural History Museum, London
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1016:10.1080/00779962.1994.9721985
1279:Endemic moths of New Zealand
1269:Endemic fauna of New Zealand
1264:Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
909:. Vol. 2. p. 457.
371:observed by Dr Robert Hoare.
674:Hampson, George F. (1895).
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298:Department of Conservation
954:Gaskin, David E. (1987).
842:Dugdale, John S. (2001).
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574:Meyrick, Edward (1882).
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238:Thisasotia leucophthalma
230:Thinasotia leucophthalma
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61:Nationally Vulnerable
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609:Fauna of New Zealand
369:Gadira leucophthalma
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246:Talis leucophthalma
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132:Lepidoptera
1243:Categories
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817:2018-05-05
788:: 435–463.
765:: 491–514.
626:2018-05-05
532:References
486:Cloudy Bay
478:Canterbury
326:Thisanotia
322:Thinasotia
314:Port Hills
112:Arthropoda
1249:Crambinae
1111:Q13638737
1002:CiteSeerX
1000:: 52–63.
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92:Eukaryota
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736:(1928).
304:Taxonomy
287:down to
275:. It is
221:Synonyms
162:Chiloini
138:Family:
108:Phylum:
102:Animalia
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1049:2017
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