Euchersadaula lathriopa

Euchersadaula lathriopa is a moth of the family Oecophoridae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using specimens collected in Wellington, Nelson and the Mount Arthur plateau in January.

Description
Meyrick described this species was described as follows: "♂. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, extreme tips of second and terminal joints whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations $1 1/2$, even. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; light reddish-fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with brown and dark fuscous ; edge of basal patch indicated by a very obscure pale acutely angulated narrow fascia ; stigmata dark fuscous, very undefined, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal ; a subterminal series of undefined dark fuscous dots, indented beneath costa ; a series of undefined dark fuscous dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, tinged with reddish, with a grey postmedian shade. Hind-wings dark fuscous, lighter towards base ; cilia grey, with dark grey basal shade."

Distribution
This species is found throughout the North Island and as far south as Christchurch in the South Island.

Habitat
This species inhabits native forest.

Behaviour
Adult moths are on the wing in January.