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Asterivora microlitha

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Choreutidae

Scientific name
  
Asterivora microlitha

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Asterivora

Rank
  
Species

Asterivora microlitha is a moth of the Choreutidae family. It is known from New Zealand.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The head and thorax are irrorated (speckled) with white above and the antennae are dotted with white. The abdomen has strongly white segmental margins. The forewings are more narrowed towards the base than in similar species Asterivora ministra. Furthermore, the fasciae of white irroration are more strongly marked, the fourth is slender, but more sharply marked and brightly silvery-metallic above the discal mark and at the apex of the dorsal section. The hindwings have a white streak which is slender, regular and well-marked.

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Asterivora microlitha Wikipedia