''Asterivora'' is a genus of

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s in the family

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. ''Asterivora'' was described by J. S. Dugdale in 1979. The type species is '' Asterivora combinatana.''

Description

Dugdale described the genus as follows:

Hosts

Larvae of species within the genus ''Asterivora'' feed on

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, mainly on species in the genera '' Celmisia'' and ''

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''. The larvae feed either on the underside of ''Celmisia'' or ''Olearia'' leaves or in a loose cocoon made of silk and hidden in a rolled leaf of species in the genus '' Brachyglottis''. One species, '' A. tillyardi,'' feeds on species of '' Raoulia'' growing in alpine habitats at altitudes above 1400 m.

Behaviour

Adults of species within this genus are day flying.

Species

*'' Asterivora albifasciata'' (Philpott, 1924) *'' Asterivora analoga'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Asterivora antigrapha'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Asterivora barbigera'' (Meyrick, 1915) *'' Asterivora chatuidea'' (Clarke, 1926) *'' Asterivora colpota'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Asterivora combinatana'' (Walker, 1863) *'' Asterivora exocha'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Asterivora fasciata'' (Philpott, 1930) *'' Asterivora homotypa'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Asterivora inspoliata'' (Philpott, 1930) *'' Asterivora iochondra'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Asterivora lampadias'' (Meyrick, 1907) *'' Asterivora marmarea'' (Meyrick, 1888) *'' Asterivora microlitha'' (Meyrick, 1888) *'' Asterivora ministra'' (Meyrick, 1912) *'' Asterivora nivescens'' (Philpott, 1926) *'' Asterivora oleariae'' Dugdale, 1979 *'' Asterivora symbolaea'' (Meyrick, 1888) *'' Asterivora tillyardi'' (Philpott, 1924) *'' Asterivora tristis'' (Philpott, 1930) *'' Asterivora urbana'' (Clarke, 1926)

References

External links

''Asterivora'' information at choreutidae.lifedesks.org
{{Taxonbar, from=Q4810691 Choreutidae Moths of New Zealand