Houdinia flexilissima

Houdinia flexilissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Batrachedridae
Genus:	Houdinia Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006
Species:	H. flexilissima
Binomial name
Houdinia flexilissima Hoare, Dugdale & Watts, 2006

Houdinia flexilissima is a species of moth of the Batrachedridae family. It is only known from peatlands in the North Island of New Zealand.

The larvae are extremely narrow. They mine and pupate in the living stems of Sporadanthus ferrugineus, a large endemic rush.

Because of its morphological distinctiveness, as well as threats to the habitat of its very local host plant, H. flexilissima is considered a species of high conservation status.

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