Izatha prasophyta
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Izatha prasophyta is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island, except Hawkes Bay or the Wairarapa.[1]
The wingspan is 16–22.5 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to February.
Larvae have been reared from an unidentified log on a beach, and another from a fruiting body of the bracket fungus Bjerkandera adusta growing on an unidentified rotting stump.[2]
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- ^ Fauna of New Zealand - Izatha (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae)
- ^ "PlantSynz - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment tool: Database". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
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- Oecophorinae
- Moths described in 1884
- Moths of New Zealand
- Endemic fauna of New Zealand
- Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
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