Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Yponomeutidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Zelleria | |
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Similar Peraxilla, Ermine moth, Loranthaceae | ||
Zelleria maculata is an ermine moth species that is endemic to New Zealand. It feeds on Peraxilla tetrapetala as well as Peraxilla colensoi, mistletoe species that are also endemic to New Zealand.
Zelleria maculata was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930.
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