The identification is not secure to 100% but determined according to the shape of the spots on the wings and to the considerable amount, the plant Whose larvae feed present, at the place of detection.
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus. Habitat: Native planted area by pond. Identification: Pyroderces aellotricha (Meyrick, 1889). NOTE: I think that I may have observed this species on campus here previously.
Locality: NEW ZEALAND AK, suburb of Saint Johns, University of Auckland Tamaki Campus. Habitat: Native planted area by pond. Identification: Pyroderces aellotricha (Meyrick, 1889). NOTE: I think that I may have observed this species on campus here previously.