Conservation status of five data deficient moth taxa: Epichorista lindsayi, "Cnephasia" paterna, Stathmopoda endotherma, Gymnobathra ambigua and Scythris "stripe"

Abstract

The Department of Conservation commissioned Wildland Consultants to investigate and report on the threat classifications of five indigenous moth species currently classified as ‘Data Deficient’:

• Epichorista lindsayi Philpott, 1928 (Tortricidae).
• “Cnephasia” paterna Philpott, 1926 (Tortricidae).
• Stathmopoda endotherma Meyrick, 1931 (Stathmopodidae).
• Gymnobathra ambigua (Philpott, 1926) (Oecophoridae).
• Scythris “stripe” (Scythrididae).