Tingena aletis
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. aletis
Binomial name
Tingena aletis
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Hypercallia aletis Meyrick, 1905
  • Philobota aletis (Meyrick, 1905)

Tingena aletis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the vicinity of Arthur's Pass in the South Island. Adults are on the wing in January.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905, using a male specimen he collected at Arthur's Pass at 3000 ft in January, and named Hypercallia aletis.[3] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the genus Philobota.[4] George Hudson discussed this species under the name Philobota aletis in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2]

Description

This species was described by Meyrick as follows:

♂. 13 mm. Head and thorax light fuscous sprinkled with whitish-ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, a subapical ring of second joint, and terminal joint except apex somewhat infuscated. Antennae greyish-ochreous, ciliations 3. Abdomen fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen somewhat rounded, rather strongly oblique ; greyish-ochreous irrorated with fuscous ; some dark fuscous scales towards base of costa ; first discal and plical stigmata very obscure, darker, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal ; second discal distinct, dark fuscous, with some whitish scales beneath it : cilia greyish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Hind-wings rather dark fuscous, lighter anteriorly ; cilia light fuscous, with darker subbasal shade, tips whitish.[3]

This species was regarded by both Meyrick and Hudson as being obscure.[3][5]

Distribution

Arthur's Pass, type locality of T. aletis.

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing in January.[3]

References

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  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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: 99. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Edward Meyrick (15 July 1905). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 235–236. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q54553180.
  4. ↑ E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 219. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349.
  5. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 291, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
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