[2] The larvae develop in flower buds of Hoheria populnea.

[4] Then, in 1926, Marshall described a new genus called Dorytomodes, into which he provisionally transferred all species placed by Broun in Erirrhinus [=Erirhinus].

[5] Dorytomodes was subsequently sunk as a synonym of Peristoreus by Edward S. ("Ted") Gourlay in 1950.

[6] P. stramineus has been found in the northern North Island (including nearby offshore islands, e.g. Poor Knights), south to the Hawke's Bay Region.

[7] It has also been reported from the South Island (Banks Peninsula), as a seed predator in fruit of Hoheria angustifolia.