Opogona aurisquamosa

Opogona aurisquamosa is a moth of the family Tineidae. It has been recorded from the Pacific, including Easter Island, the Marquesas, the Society Islands, Fiji, the Kermadec Islands and Hawaii. It may have been dispersed by the Polynesians as well as by Europeans.

Opogona aurisquamosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Tineidae
Genus:
Opogona
Species:
O. aurisquamosa
Binomial name
Opogona aurisquamosa
Swezey, 1913
Synonyms
  • Argyresthia aurisquamosa Butler, 1881[1]

Adults are bronzy yellowish with violet or purplish metallic reflections, particularly in the forewings. The wings are somewhat bent down at the tips.

The larvae are scavengers and have been reared from dead or decayed materials including Alectryon macrococcus, Bambusa, banana, Ricinus communis, Clermontia, decayed fruits, dry cow dung, palm fronds, Pipturus, rotten wood, Sicana odorifera, sugarcane and Thespesia populnea. The full-grown larva is 15–18 mm long and dull dirty white.

The pupa is 6-6.5 mm in length and light brown. The pupa is formed in a compact cocoon made in the place where the larva has fed. The cocoon is about 8 mm long and covered with frass and other debris.

References
  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Opogona aurisquamosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved July 13, 2018.


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