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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Orocrambus |
| Species: | O. crenaeus |
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| Orocrambus crenaeus (Meyrick, 1885) | |
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Orocrambus crenaeus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is known from the South Island. The habitat consists of alpine grasslands.
The wingspan is 31–38 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from December to February. Adults of this moth are known to pollinate Brachyscome sinclairii.
References
- Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- Meyrick, E. (1885). "Description of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. V [VI]. Pyralidina". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 346–348 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
- "Orocrambus crenaeus (Meyrick, 1885)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
- ^ Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.
- Richard B. Primack (July 1983). "Insect pollination in the New Zealand mountain flora". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 21 (3): 317–333. doi:10.1080/0028825X.1983.10428561. ISSN 0028-825X. Wikidata Q54669862.
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