Eutorna caryochroa

Eutorna caryochroa is a species of moth in the family Depressariidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1889.[1][2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand.[4]

Eutorna caryochroa
Illustration of female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Depressariidae
Genus:	Eutorna
Species:	E. caryochroa
Binomial name
Eutorna caryochroa Meyrick, 1889

The wingspan is 11–12 mm. The forewings are rather dark ferruginous brown with an upwards-curved yellowish-white streak from the middle of the base to two-thirds of the disc, margined beneath with blackish, above with bright yellow ochreous, which extends to the costa towards the base. There is a slender white oblique streak from two-thirds of the costa to the middle of the disc, margining a triangular costal suffused patch of purplish-grey and whitish scales, beneath which is sometimes a longitudinal blackish suffusion. A black dot is found in the disc at two-thirds, surrounded by a yellowish-white ring. There are some purplish-grey scales towards the posterior half of the inner margin and a small white spot on the costa at four-fifths, beyond which is a blackish suffusion. There is also an obscure irregular whitish streak along the hindmargin, followed by some black scales. The hindwings are rather dark bronzy fuscous.[1]

E. caryochroa larvae are leafminers and favour low growing plants in damp or estuary grassland habitat.[5]