Phaeosaces coarctatella

Phaeosaces coarctatella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Phaeosaces
Species:	P. coarctatella
Binomial name
	Phaeosaces coarctatella; (Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
	Cryptolechia coarctatella Walker, 1864 ; Phaeosaces liochroa Meyrick, 1891 ;

Phaeosaces coarctatella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] The larvae are lichen browsers on branches. They use old wood-borer tunnels as a refuge.

References

"Phaeosaces coarctatella (Walker, 1864)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-09.
Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 463. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

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[1] "Phaeosaces coarctatella (Walker, 1864)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-07-09.

[2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity, Volume Two, Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 463. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.