Species profile

Trichophysetis cretacea

FamilyCrambidae GenusTrichophysetis NZ statusIntroduced

An adventive Trichophysetis has been established in northern New Zealand since the late 1990s and has been reared from larvae feeding in privet berries. Its identification as T. cretacea has been considered likely, but Manaaki Whenua notes that this has not been fully confirmed.

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