Asterivora


Asterivora is a genus of moths in the family Choreutidae. Asterivora was described by J. S. Dugdale in 1979. The type species is ''Asterivora combinatana.''

Description

Dugdale described the genus as follows:

Hosts

Larvae of species within the genus Asterivora feed on Asteraceae, mainly on species in the genera Celmisia and Olearia. The larvae feed either on the underside of Celmisia or Olearia leaves or in a loose cocoon made of silk and hidden in a rolled leaf of species in the genus Brachyglottis. One species, A. tillyardi, feeds on species of Raoulia growing in alpine habitats at altitudes above 1400 m.

Behaviour

Adults of species within this genus are day flying.

Species