Asterivora tillyardi
| Asterivora tillyardi | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Asterivora |
| Species: | A. tillyardi |
| Binomial name | |
| Asterivora tillyardi (Philpott, 1924) | |
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Asterivora tillyardi is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.[1]
The wingspan is about 17.5 mm. The head and thorax are white mixed with pale fuscous and the antennae are black annulated with white. The abdomen is bronzy-fuscous, suffusedly annulated with whitish. The legs are whitish mixed with bronzy-fuscous. The pale bronzy-fuscous mixed with dark fuscous forewings are moderate, the costa hardly arched, the apex pointed, the termen markedly sinuate and oblique. The markings are snow-white. There is a small basal patch and a broad band before middle, projecting outwardly in the disc and touching the following band. The hindwings are greyish-fuscous.
References
- ↑ New Zealand Journal of Zoology. Books.google.nl. Retrieved 2011-12-19.