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Nuritamburia metallurgica

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Nuritamburia metallurgica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Nuritamburia
Species:
N. metallurgica
Binomial name
Nuritamburia metallurgica
(Walsingham in Sharp, 1907)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix metallurgica Walsingham in Sharp, 1907
  • Bradleyella metallurgica
  • Eulia metallurgica

Nuritamburia metallurgica is a moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Lord Walsingham in 1907. It is endemic to the Hawaiian islands of Oahu, Molokai, Lanai and Hawaii.

The larvae possibly feed on Phyllanthus and Xylosma species.

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  • Zimmerman, Elwood C. (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9 Microlepidoptera. The University Press of Hawaii, Honolulu. hdl:10125/7338.