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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Crambini |
Genus: | Orocrambus |
Species: | O. simplex
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Binomial name | |
Orocrambus simplex (
Butler, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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Orocrambus simplex is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand, [4] where it has been recorded in Westland, Nelson Province, the central part of the North Island and the coastal area of southern Hawkes Bay. [5] The habitat where this species lives consists of tussock grasslands. [5]
The wingspan is 25–33 mm. [5] Adults have been recorded on wing from November to February. [5]
Larvae have been reared from Chionochloa rubra, Poa cita (formerly Poa caespitosa) and Poa annua. [6]
Orocrambus simplex | |
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Male | |
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Female | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Crambidae |
Subfamily: | Crambinae |
Tribe: | Crambini |
Genus: | Orocrambus |
Species: | O. simplex
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Binomial name | |
Orocrambus simplex (
Butler, 1877)
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Synonyms | |
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Orocrambus simplex is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand, [4] where it has been recorded in Westland, Nelson Province, the central part of the North Island and the coastal area of southern Hawkes Bay. [5] The habitat where this species lives consists of tussock grasslands. [5]
The wingspan is 25–33 mm. [5] Adults have been recorded on wing from November to February. [5]
Larvae have been reared from Chionochloa rubra, Poa cita (formerly Poa caespitosa) and Poa annua. [6]