Tmetolophota purdii
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Noctuidae |
| Genus: | Tmetolophota |
| Species: | T. purdii |
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Tmetolophota purdii (Fereday, 1883) |
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Tmetolophota purdii, the Orange Astelia Wainscot, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand. It was described by R. W. Fereday in 1883 from a specimen collected by Alex. Purdie (the son of Alexander Callender Purdie) in a field near Fairfield.
The larvae feed on Astelia and Collospermum species.
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