''Ascerodes prochlora'' is a species of

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of the family Tortricidae. It is found in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. The larvae feed on '' Aciphylla'' species and '' Senecio lyalli''. They bore into the rootstock of their host plant.Entomology of the Aucklands and of the other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-Crambine Pyralidae
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References

Archipini Moths described in 1905 Moths of New Zealand Taxa named by Edward Meyrick {{Archipini-stub