Hierodoris illita

Hierodoris illita
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Hierodoris
Species:	H. illita
Binomial name
	Hierodoris illita; (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Synonyms
	Atychia illita Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Heliostibes chlorobela Meyrick, 1921; Heliostibes illita Meyrick, 1907;

Hierodoris illita is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was described by Felder & Rogenhofer in 1875. It is found in New Zealand.

The wingspan is 20–30 mm. The forewings are blackish, variably overlain with reddish and whitish scales. The hindwings are blackish with orange streaks.

The larvae feed on Coriaria arborea. They feed inside a woody stem or branch of their host plant. A specimen has also been reared from a gall on a stem of Muehlenbeckia australis.[1]

References

Hoare, 2005, Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae, Fauna of New Zealand, Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa, 54 pp. 13–25.

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[1] Hoare, 2005, Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae, Fauna of New Zealand, Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa, 54 pp. 13–25.