Sabatinca doroxena

id: sabatinca-doroxena-163-1288430
title: Sabatinca doroxena
text: Sabatinca doroxena is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. This small moth has a colourful forewing pattern with stripes and dots evident. It has been hypothesised that the forewing pattern is intended to resemble a jumping spider in order to allow the adult moth to escape predation. Adults of this species are on the wing from the beginning of September until mid January. It prefers damp but sunny habitat in deep forest, at
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description: Moth species in family Micropterigidae
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabatinca_doroxena
date created: 2010-12-15T01:34:32Z
date modified: 2024-08-28T02:20:14Z
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