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 family Galacticidae. 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.

References

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tanaoctena dubia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.
^ Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tanaoctena dubia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 28, 2018.

[2] Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera

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