Isonomeutis amauropa

Isonomeutis amauropa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Copromorphidae
Genus:	Isonomeutis
Species:	I. amauropa
Binomial name
	Isonomeutis amauropa; Meyrick, 1888[1]

Isonomeutis amauropa is a species of moth in the Copromorphidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand,[2] where it is widespread and moderately common.

The larvae are predatory, feeding on margarodid scale insects under the bark of trees such as Dacrydium cupressinum and beech.[3] They are light yellowish-pink with a brown head. Pupation takes place in a tough cocoon.

References

"NZOR Name Details - Isonomeutis amauropa Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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.
Hoare, R. (2004). "The Duke's Awful Dilemma (or, the DAD)". The Weta. 27: 49–52.

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[NZOR-1] "NZOR Name Details - Isonomeutis amauropa Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

[NZIB-2] 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.

[3] Hoare, R. (2004). "The Duke's Awful Dilemma (or, the DAD)". The Weta. 27: 49–52.