Isonomeutis restincta

Isonomeutis restincta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Copromorphidae
Genus:	Isonomeutis
Species:	I. restincta
Binomial name
Isonomeutis restincta Meyrick, 1923[1]

Isonomeutis restincta, the marbled snouter, is a moth of the Copromorphidae family. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it known from the Northland and Auckland districts and in Pureora Forest.

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The head is brownish, while the sides of the crown are sprinkled with whitish. The palpi are brownish sprinkled with dark fuscous and the thorax is brownish. The abdomen is rather dark fuscous, mixed laterally with white and on edges of two basal segments. The forewings are white-brownish, irregularly and coarsely sprinkled with dark fuscous.

The life history is unknown, but probably it is a scale insect predator like Isonomeutis amauropa.^[2]

References

1. "Lepidoptera of New Zealand". Landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2011-12-19.
2. "The Weta 27: The Duke’s Awful Dilemma (or, the DAD)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-19.