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Mnesictena flavidalis
Mnesictena flavidalis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Doubleday in 1843. It is endemic to New Zealand.
From the article Mnesictena flavidalis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Doubleday described this species as follows:
All the wings ochraceous, the outer margins with a series of minute dots. Anterior wings with a faint striga near the base, a still fainter one near the middle, and a more distinct much-waved one near the outer margin, and two discoidal stigmatiform spots fuscous. Posterior wings with a discoidal spot, preceded towards the anterior margin by a smaller one, a transverse striga beyond the middle, and the anal angle fuscous.
What it does
Adults are attracted to light and have been collected via a mercury vapour light trap.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 488946.