Tmetolophota purdii

Tmetolophota purdii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Tmetolophota
Species: T. purdii
Binomial name
Tmetolophota purdii
(Fereday, 1883)
Synonyms
  • Leucania purdii Fereday, 1882
  • Ichneutica purdii

Tmetolophota purdii, the Orange Astelia Wainscot, is a moth of the Noctuidae family. It was described by Fereday in 1883. It is found in New Zealand.

The larvae feed on Astelia and Collospermum species.[1]

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