Asterivora barbigera
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| Species: | A. barbigera
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| Asterivora barbigera (Meyrick, 1915)
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Asterivora barbigera is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The head is bronzy irrorated with white and dark fuscous and the thorax is greyish-bronze sprinkled with white. The abdomen is bronzy-grey, although the segmental margins are white. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex obtuse, the termen bowed and oblique. They are greyish-bronze, irregularly irrorated with white, especially towards the costa and on a terminal band. There is a white transverse dot on the end of the cell. A second line is formed of white irroration which is strongly curved outwards. The hindwings are light grey.
References
- ^ New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Retrieved 2011-12-19 – via Google Books.
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