Hierodoris insignis
H. insignis illustrated by George Hudson
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Hierodoris
Species:
H. insignis
Binomial name
Hierodoris insignis

Hierodoris insignis is a species of moth in the family Gelechiidae.[1][2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in the Nelson/Tasman districts. The larvae are leaf miners and are hosted by Celmisia species. Adults are on the wing in January. It is likely that this species belongs to another genus and as such this species is also known as Hierodoris (s.l.) insignis or 'Hierodoris' insignis.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 under the name Hierodoris ? insignis.[3] He placed the species within the genus Hierodoris provisionally but stated that further material was needed to fix the genus with certainty.[3] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the family Gelechiidae.[1] In 2005 Robert Hoare commented that H. insignis is completely unrelated to the genus it is currently placed in, that is Hierodoris.[2] As a result of this disputed placement this species is also known as Hierodoris (s.l.) insignis or 'Hierodoris' insignis.[2][4] The male holotype specimen, collected by S. Lindsay at an altitude of 4000 ft on the Mount Arthur tableland, is held in the Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description

Philpott described this species as follows:

♀. 12 mm. Head and thorax dark bronzy-purplish-fuscous. Palpi and antennae dark brownish-fuscous. Abdomen dark purplish-brown. Legs dark fuscous, tibiae and tarsi obscurely annulated with greyish-white. Forewings moderate, costa slightly arched, apex rounded, termen extremely oblique; white, densely irrorated with leaden-grey; along dorsum wholly leaden-grey; markings purplish-black; a nearly straight, broad, subbasal fascia, an outwardly-oblique, broad, irregular fascia from costa at ⅓, reaching to fold; a large round spot in disc at ⅔, almost touching a semi-oval spot on costa; a fuscous suffusion along termen: fringes fuscous-grey with some white scales. Hindwings under 1, trapezoidal; purplish-fuscous: fringes fuscous.[3]

Distribution

Mount Arthur, the type locality of this species.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the Nelson/Tasman districts.[3][5]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in January.[6]

Habitat and hosts

The larvae of this species is a leaf miner.[1] It mines the tomentum underneath the leaves of Celmisia species.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 81. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  2. 1 2 3 Robert J. B. Hoare (24 December 2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. 54: 15, 21. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.54. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 946510444. Wikidata Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 A. Philpott (1926). "New Zealand Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 397. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63100760.
  4. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  5. ↑ "Hierodoris insignis Philpott, 1926". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2021-11-16.
  6. ↑ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 306, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
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