Chrysorthenches microstrobi Dugdale, 1995
 PLUTELLIDAE,   YPONOMEUTOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley

These caterpillars feed on various conifers in the families:

  • CUPRESSACEAE, and
  • PODOCARPACEAE.

    This species occurs in

  • Tasmania.

    Further reading:

    John S. Dugdale,
    Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer-associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia,
    New Zealand Journal of Zoology,
    Volume 23 (1996), p. 53.

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    (updated 22 February 2010, 8 March 2017)