Rusty Dotted Triangle

Mnesictena flavidalis · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Crambidae

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Rusty Dotted Triangle
Photo: Possums' End, CC BY

The Rusty Dotted Triangle has ochre-colored wings with tiny dots along the outer edges and several faint streaks and dark spots on the forewings. It is a moth that lives only in New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

All wings are ochre and the outer margins show a series of minute dots.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it lives

It is endemic to New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it comes from

It occurs only in New Zealand.

Source: Wikipedia

Lookalikes

Mnesictena flavidalis belongs to the moth family Crambidae.

Source: Wikipedia

More photos

Rusty Dotted Triangle photo 3
Photo: Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., CC BY
Rusty Dotted Triangle photo 4
Photo: Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., CC BY
Rusty Dotted Triangle photo 5
Photo: Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd., CC BY
Rusty Dotted Triangle photo 6
Photo: Mike Bowie, CC BY

Same family (Crambidae)

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Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnesictena_flavidalis

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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-23.

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