Calicotis crucifera

Calicotis crucifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Stathmopodinae
Genus: Calicotis
Species: C. crucifera
Binomial name
Calicotis crucifera
Meyrick, 1889
Calicotis crucifera

Calicotis crucifera, the leather-leaf spore-eater, is a moth of the Oecophoridae family. It is found in New Zealand and Australia.

The wings are grey with dark specks. Adults are on wing from October to May.

The larvae feed on Pyrrosia eleagnifolia. They feed on the fern spores.[1]

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