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Eurythecta leucothrinca
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Tortricidae
Genus:	Eurythecta
Species:	E. leucothrinca
Binomial name
Eurythecta leucothrinca Meyrick, 1931

Eurythecta leucothrinca is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in New Zealand. The habitat consists of montane to sub-alpine grasslands and coastal salt marshes.

Adult females are brachypterous. Adults have been recorded on wing from April to late June.

The larvae probably feed on leaf-litter.

References

1. tortricidae.com
2. Record of an upland grassland moth in a coastal salt marsh in Otago, New Zealand

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• Moths described in 1931
• Archipini
• Moths of New Zealand
• Endemic moths of New Zealand
• Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
• Archipini stubs