Exotic

Wild

New Zealand

Political Region

Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)

First record: 1 ♂, AK: Auckland City, Princes St., 16 Nov 1988, NH (NHNZ). Subsequent records (all AK; all NHNZ unless otherwise stated): 1 ♀, same locality, 28 Nov 1988 (NZAC); 2 ♀♀, same locality, 12 Dec 1988 and 23 Oct 2012; 1 ♂, Auckland City, Symonds St, indoors, 3 Feb 1989; 1 ♀, same locality, freshly dead indoors, 10 Dec 2015; 1 ♀, Ponsonby, Mokau St, to light, 3 Jan 1990; 1 ♀, Freemans Bay, Wellington St, to light, 20 Mar 1994. In NZ, only 8 specimens have been collected in the 19 years since it was first recorded. The moth has probably been overlooked.

Blastobasis marmorosella (Wollaston, 1858)

Blastobasis marmorosella (Wollaston)

Hoare, R.J.B.; Hudson, N. (2018)

Blastobasis marmorosella (Wollaston, 1858)

Exotic

Present

New Zealand

Political Region