Izatha
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Izatha is a genus of moth
s of the Oecophoridae
family. They are commonly known as Lichen Tuft Moths. The genus only occurs in New Zealand
.
Moth
A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...
s of the Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae
Oecophoridae is a family of small moths in the superfamily Gelechioidea. The phylogeny and systematics of gelechoid moths are still not fully resolved, and the circumscription of the Oecophoridae is strongly affected by this....
family. They are commonly known as Lichen Tuft Moths. The genus only occurs in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
Species
- attactella-group:
- Izatha attactellaIzatha attactellaIzatha attactella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from both the North and South Island as far south as mid Canterbury.The wingspan 24.5–38 mm for males and 22–36 mm for females...
Walker, 1864 - Izatha blepharidotaIzatha blepharidotaIzatha blepharidota is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is confined to the northern half of the North Island.The wingspan is 22.5–26 mm for males and 23–29 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha voluptuosaIzatha voluptuosaIzatha voluptuosa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from scattered localities in the central and northern part of the North Island.The wingspan is 29–31 mm for males and 33–40 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha austeraIzatha austeraIzatha austera is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread throughout the North Island, with a single South Island record from north-west Nelson.The wingspan is 13–19 mm for males and 16.5–25 mm for females...
(Meyrick, 1884) - Izatha psychraIzatha psychraIzatha psychra is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from two localities, in Canterbury and the Mackenzie Basin.The wingspan is 20–21 mm for males. Adults are on wing from January to February....
(Meyrick, 1884)
- Izatha attactella
- mira-group
- Izatha copiosellaIzatha copiosellaIzatha copiosella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found on the south-eastern North Island and throughout the South Island except the West Coast....
(Walker, 1864) - Izatha walkeraeIzatha walkeraeIzatha walkerae is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the north-eastern South Island.The wingspan is 18–20 mm for males. Adults have been recorded in November and January.-Etymology:...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha floridaIzatha floridaIzatha florida is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from north-west Nelson.The wingspan is 14.5–20 mm for males. Adults have been recorded in November and December....
Phipott, 1927 - Izatha miraIzatha miraIzatha mira is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the western South Island, except north-west Nelson....
Philpott, 1913
- Izatha copiosella
- apodoxa-group
- Izatha notodoxaIzatha notodoxaIzatha notodoxa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the northern South Island.The wingspan is 19–23 mm for males and 22–23 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha katadiktyaIzatha katadiktyaIzatha katadiktya is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the eastern South Island, and probably Hawkes Bay.The wingspan is 21–27.5 mm for males and 21.5–30 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha apodoxaIzatha apodoxaIzatha apodoxa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from scattered localities in the southern North Island....
(Meyrick, 1888) - Izatha acmoniasIzatha acmoniasIzatha acmonias is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the western South Island.The wingspan is 21–28.5 mm for males and 23–35 mm for females. Adults have been recorded in November, December and January.The larvae probably feed on dead Hoheria...
Philpott, 1921 - Izatha lignyarchaIzatha lignyarchaIzatha lignyarcha is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known only from higher altitudes on the North Island volcanoes , except for one specimen from Taupo and one from Masterton....
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha picarellaIzatha picarellaIzatha picarella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Nelson and Marlborough districts of the northern South Island.The wingspan is 22.5–28.5 mm for males and 20.5–28 mm for females...
(Walker, 1864)
- Izatha notodoxa
- balanophora-group
- Izatha metadeltaIzatha metadeltaIzatha metadelta is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island only, where it is rare north of Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.The wingspan is 15–18.5 mm for males and 19–25.5 mm for females...
Meyrick, 1905 - Izatha balanophoraIzatha balanophoraIzatha balanophora is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the North Island.The wingspan is 19.5–27 mm for males and 23.5–31 mm for females. Adults are on wing from December to March....
(Meyrick, 1897) - Izatha churtoniIzatha churtoniIzatha churtoni is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the North Island.The wingspan is 18–31.5 mm for males and 24.5–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing from October to February....
Dugdale, 1988 - Izatha dulciorIzatha dulciorIzatha dulcior is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the Poor Knights Islands.The wingspan is 18.5–24.5 mm for males and 19.5–20.5 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha epiphanesIzatha epiphanesIzatha epiphanes is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread throughout the North Island.The wingspan is 17–25 mm for males and 18.5–28 mm for females...
(Meyrick, 1884) - Izatha mesoschistaIzatha mesoschistaIzatha mesoschista is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the North Island, except the Aupouri peninsula, Hawkes Bay or the Wairarapa.The wingspan is 15.5–21 mm for males and 17–25 mm for females...
Meyrick, 1931 - Izatha haumuIzatha haumuIzatha haumu is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Aupouri peninsula of Northland.The wingspan is 18–22 mm for males and about 23 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha quinquejaculaIzatha quinquejaculaIzatha quinquejacula is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Three Kings Islands.The wingspan is 19–23 mm for males and about 26 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha heroicaIzatha heroicaIzatha heroica is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the South Island, but mainly in the west....
Philpott, 1926 - Izatha hudsoniIzatha hudsoniIzatha hudsoni is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread throughout the North Island.The wingspan is 19–26 mm for males and 20–27.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from November to January....
Dugdale, 1988 - Izatha huttoniiIzatha huttoniiIzatha huttonii is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the South Island, Stewart Island, and the Wellington district of the North Island....
(Butler, 1879) - Izatha peroneanellaIzatha peroneanellaIzatha peroneanella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is found throughout the North Island, except the Aupouri Peninsula of Northland....
(Walker, 1864) - Izatha taingoIzatha taingoIzatha taingo is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the Aupouri peninsula of Northland....
Hoare, 2010
- Izatha metadelta
- oleariae-group
- Izatha oleariaeIzatha oleariaeIzatha oleariae is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the subantarctic Snares Islands.The wingspan is 15.5–20 mm for males and 15.5–20 mm for females...
Dugdale, 1971 - Izatha spheniscellaIzatha spheniscellaIzatha spheniscella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the subantarctic Snares Islands.The wingspan is 14–15 mm for males and about 14 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha prasophytaIzatha prasophytaIzatha prasophyta is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island, except Hawkes Bay or the Wairarapa.The wingspan is 16–22.5 mm for males and 19.5–26 mm for females...
(Meyrick, 1884)
- Izatha oleariae
- caustopa-group
- Izatha caustopaIzatha caustopaIzatha caustopa is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known very locally from the southern half of the North Island....
(Meyrick, 1892) - Izatha dasydiscaIzatha dasydiscaIzatha dasydisca is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the northern half of the North Island.The wingspan is 15–19 mm for males and about 26 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha manubriataIzatha manubriataIzatha manubriata is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the Southern South Island only. It is probably endemic to the Otago Lakes district and adjacent ranges of Central Otago....
Meyrick, 1923
- Izatha caustopa
- convulsella-group
- Izatha convulsellaIzatha convulsellaIzatha convulsella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is widespread in the eastern part of the South Island. In the North Island, it has only been recorded from Wellington, Otaki, Palmerston North, Taihape and Waipawa.The wingspan is 14–20 mm for males and...
(Walker, 1864) - Izatha gekkonellaIzatha gekkonellaIzatha gekkonella is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the region of the Taieri and Shag River catchments in eastern Otago.The wingspan is 13.5–15.5 mm for males and 13.5–17 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha gibbsiIzatha gibbsiIzatha gibbsi is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the western North Island.The wingspan is 12.5–13.5 mm for males and 13.5–20 mm for females. Adults have been recorded in February and March....
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha minimiraIzatha minimiraIzatha minimira is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the northern North Island, from Northland to the Bay of Plenty.The wingspan is about 12.5 mm for males and 13–17.5 mm for females...
Hoare, 2010 - Izatha rigescensIzatha rigescensIzatha rigescens is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is only known from the Wellington coast.The wingspan is 17–18 mm for males. Adults have been recorded in March....
Meyrick, 1929 - Izatha phaeoptilaIzatha phaeoptilaIzatha phaeoptila is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the North Island.The wingspan is 13–15 mm for males and 14–18.5 mm for females. Adults are on wing from January to early March....
(Meyrick, 1905)
- Izatha convulsella