Asterivora barbigera

Asterivora barbigera

Asterivora barbigera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Superorder:	Amphiesmenoptera
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Asterivora
Species:	A. barbigera
Binomial name
Asterivora barbigera (Meyrick, 1915)
Synonyms
Simaethis barbigera Meyrick, 1915

Asterivora barbigera is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.

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

External links

• Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera

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