Tawhitia glaucophanes

Tawhitia glaucophanes is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1907.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand,[4] where it has been recorded from Fiordland to Mount Cook.[5]

Tawhitia glaucophanes
Female
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Crambidae
Genus:	Tawhitia
Species:	T. glaucophanes
Binomial name
Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)
Synonyms
Tauroscopa glaucophanes Meyrick, 1907 Tawhitia leonina Philpott, 1931

The wingspan is 21–32 mm. Adults are on wing from late December to February.[5]

References

1. 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.
2. Meyrick, E. (1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 106–121 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
4. "Tawhitia glaucophanes (Meyrick, 1907)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
5. Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.