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Locheutis fusca
Holotype and allotype Locheutis fusca specimens held at Auckland Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Oecophoridae
Genus:	Locheutis
Species:	L. fusca
Binomial name
Locheutis fusca Philpott, 1930

Locheutis fusca is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. This species was discovered on 16 January 1930 by Alfred Philpott in the Tongariro National Park. L. fusca was described by him later in that same year. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Description

This moth is 13 - 14mm in size. L. fusca can be distinguished from the similar looking species Locheutis pulla as L. fusca has much longer hairs on its antenna. It is also has a much less coppery sheen to its wings than Locheutis vagata.

Habitat

Philpott recorded it as being common amongst Beech forest on the banks of the Whakapapa River.

References

1. ^ Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 1–16. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905932. Wikidata Q58676529.
2. "Locheutis fusca". Insectin.com. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
3. Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 452. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

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