Asterivora fasciata

Asterivora fasciata is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Asterivora fasciata
Male holotype specimen held at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Choreutidae
Genus:
Asterivora
Species:
A. fasciata
Binomial name
Asterivora fasciata
(Philpott, 1930)
Synonyms
  • Simaethis fasciata Philpott, 1930

The larvae feed on Cassinia species.

References
  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1979). "A new generic name for the New Zealand species previously assigned to Simaethis auctorum (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae), with description of a new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (3): 461–466. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428386. ISSN 1175-8821.


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