Orocrambus angustipennis

Orocrambus angustipennis
	Male
	Female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Subfamily:	Crambinae
Tribe:	Crambini
Genus:	Orocrambus
Species:	O. angustipennis
Binomial name
	Orocrambus angustipennis; (Zeller, 1877)
Synonyms
	Chilo angustipennis Zeller, 1877 ; Crambus angustipennis (Zeller, 1877) ;

Orocrambus angustipennis is a species of moth in the Crambinae family.^[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.^[1]^[2] O. angustipennis is present in the North Island, South Island and the Chatham Islands.^[4]

The wingspan is 34–40 mm for males and 44–50 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to March in two generations per year.^[4]

The larvae feed on Cortaderia, including Cortaderia selloana and Cortaderia toetoe.^[4] They feed within growing stems and blades.^[4]^[5]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Orocrambus angustipennis (Zeller, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 146. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3). The Royal Society of New Zealand: 303. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
^ Robert J. B. Hoare (2020), The Moths of Mt Te Aroha (PDF), pp. 1–11, Wikidata Q113345596, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 March 2022

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