Izatha churtoni

Species of moth

Izatha churtoni

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Oecophoridae
Genus:  | Izatha
Species:  |

I. churtoni

Binomial name
Izatha churtoni

Dugdale, 1988

Izatha churtoni is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the North Island.[1]

The wingspan is 18–31.5 mm for males and 24.5–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to February.

Larvae have been recorded in dead branches of Coriaria arborea. One specimen was reared from a larva in dead Fuchsia excorticata. Further rearing records are from dead wood of Alnus rubra, Quercus species and Pittosporum tenuifolium.

## References

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1. ^ "Fauna of New Zealand - Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2011.

Taxon identifiers

Izatha churtoni|

* Wikidata: Q10773446
* Wikispecies: Izatha churtoni
* BOLD: 791786
* EoL: 20365681
* GBIF: 4684780
* iNaturalist: 391108
* IRMNG: 10496455
* NCBI: 1708101
* NZOR: 07dafb33-c9b6-459e-833d-c3619aaab461
* Open Tree of Life: 3228779

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