Wiseana umbraculata

Wiseana • Hepialidae • Lepidoptera • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

male of Wiseana umbraculata (click on image to enlarge it)
Author: Birgit E. Rhode, Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
Source: Wikimedia Commons

Wiseana umbraculata (Guenée)

This moth is endemic in New Zealand, where it is one of seven species damaging grasses. The larvae live in vertical tunnels in the ground and emerge during the night for feeding.

Publications covering Wiseana umbraculata

Bulletin of Entomological Research (1999) 89, 287-293
B. Brown, R.M. Emberson and A.M. Paterson (1999)
Mitochondrial COI and II provide useful markers for Wiseana (Lepidoptera : Hepialidae) species identification

Archives of Virology (1998) 143, 2273-2288
T. Sadler, V. Ward, T. Glare and J. Kalmakoff (1998)
Examination of New Zealand's endemic Wiseana nucleopolyhedrovirus by analysis of the viral polyhedrin gene