Heliostibes vibratrix is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[1] [2] It is endemic to New Zealand. This species inhabits open mountainside habitat and is known to feed on Nothofagus truncata. Yellow-crowned parakeets predate the larvae of H. vibratrix.
This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927 using a specimen collected by George Hudson in January at Mount Arthur at 4000 ft.[3] The female holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[1]
Meyrick described the species as follows:
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4]
This species prefers open mountainside habitat.[5] The larvae of this species are known to feed on Nothofagus truncata.[6] Larvae are a predated by the Yellow-crowned parakeet.