[2] Tectarchus huttoni are usually green in color, although light brown forms are also common.

[5] The egg is 3.5 mm long, bilobed at the posterior with a rugged and punctate capsule.

It has a smooth keel, a small micropylar plate, and a flat-topped cylindrical capitulum.

[6] They appear to live and forage naturally in the leaves of these plants[4] This species distribute mostly on north island in New Zealand:

In North island: -Lake Waikaremoana; Urewera; Nelson; Upper Maitai; Banks Peninsula; Picton; Kennedy's Bush; Mt Te Aroha; Balloon Saddle; Huiarau Ranges; Hutt Valley; Wairarapa; Akatarawa Saddle; Mt Ross, Waira-rapa, Orongorongo Valley, Tararua Ranges, Slverstream, Karori, South karori, Miramar, Wilton Bush and Days Bay, Johnston's Hill in Wellington.