Phycomorpha metachrysa

Phycomorpha metachrysa is a species of moth in the Copromorphidae family.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.

Phycomorpha metachrysa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Copromorphidae
Genus:
Phycomorpha
Species:
P. metachrysa
Binomial name
Phycomorpha metachrysa

The wingspan is 19–20 mm. Adults are dark green with raised scale-tufts on the forewings.

The larvae feed on Streblus species.[3]

References
  1. "NZOR Name Details - Phycomorpha metachrysa Meyrick, 1914". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
  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.


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