Image of Cosmopterix attenuatella Walker 1864

Description:

Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus. Habitat: Beaten from cultivated ground plants in a courtyard area. Identification: Cosmopterix attenuatella (Walker, 1864). ID based on the literature (Hoare, 2011). NOTE: This is the second specimen that I can recall ever having encountered on campus here. I observed the first specimen about a month ago, but was unable to capture or photograph it. REFERENCES Hoare, R.J.B. 2011: Lepidoptera of gumland heaths — a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand. New Zealand entomologist, 34(1): 67-76. doi: 10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212 Abstract and full article (PDF) [See p. 71, and fig. 5]