Holocola zopherana
Holocola zopherana is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1881. This species is found in Australia and New Zealand. The larval hosts of this moth are Kunzea ericoides as well as species within the plant genus Leptospermum. The larvae of this moth can be found early in December. They pupate in a pupa enclosed in a thin silken cocoon and pass the winter in that state.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1881 using four specimens collected in Sydney in December and named Strepsiceros zopherana. George Hudson discussed this species both in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand as well as in the 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, under the name Spilonota zopherana. In 2010 the Inventory of New Zealand Biodiversity listed this species under the name Holocola zopherana.Description
Hudson described the larva and pupa of this species as follows:Meyrick originally described the adults of this species as follows:
This species can be distinguished from similar looking species by the white subcostal streak from base to apex, however the colouration of adult moths is variable. Hudson stated that this species is variable both in the depth of the greyish-brown colouring as well as the width of the white streak and the extend and intensity of other markings.