Orocrambus cultus

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Orocrambus cultus
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Male
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Female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Orocrambus
Species:
O. cultus
Binomial name
Orocrambus cultus
Philpott, 1917

Orocrambus cultus is a moth in the family Crambidae.[1] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1917[2] from specimens collected by Merlin Owen Pasco.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand,[4] where it is known from Cecil Peak. The wingspan is about 20 mm. The forewings are deep yellowish brown with dusky black markings on the costa and dorsum. Adults have been recorded on wing in January.[5]

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  1. ↑ No label or title -- debug: Q45922947, p. 457, Wikidata Q45922947
  2. ↑ "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  3. ↑ Philpott, A. (1917). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 239–245 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. ↑ "Orocrambus cultus Philpott, 1917". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. ↑ Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.
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