Tingena loxotis
Male lectotype

Data Deficient (NZ TCS)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. loxotis
Binomial name
Tingena loxotis
(Meyrick, 1905)[2]
Synonyms[3]
  • Borkhausenia loxotis Meyrick, 1905

Tingena loxotis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North Island. This species is found in gardens and are known to enter houses. Adults are on the wing in December and January. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Taxonomy

Illustration of species by George Hudson.

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using a specimen he collected in Wellington in January.[3][4] Meyrick named the species Borkhausenia loxotis.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott studied the genitalia of the male of this species however his illustration does not agree with the lectotype or paralectotype specimens.[5][3] George Hudson described and illustrated the species under this name in his 1928 publication The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand.[6] Hudson's illustration of the species is regarded as a poor representation.[3] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Tingena.[3] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂︎. 11-12 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous irrorated with ochreous-whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, pale-ringed. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; some scattered pale yellowish scales along submedian fold ; a narrow straight pale ochreous-yellowish fascia, edged with some black scales, from 1⁄4 of costa to 2⁄3 of dorsum ; a pale ochreous-yellow dot in disc at 2⁄3, and sometimes others on costa beyond middle and at tornus ; a more or less indicated subterminal line of pale yellowish scales, starting from a small costal spot : cilia fuscous, irrorated with yellow-whitish. Hind-wings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with darker basal shade.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[2][7] This species has been collected at the Wellington Botanic Gardens and more recently at Taihape.[8]

Biology and behaviour

The adults of this species is on the wing in December and January.[6] Hudson regarded this species as having semi domesticated habits, being found in gardens and entering houses.[6]

Conservation status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 5.
  2. 1 2 "Tingena loxotis (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  4. 1 2 3 Meyrick, Edwards (1905). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x. ISSN 0035-8894 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  5. ↑ Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 399–413. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110157185.
  6. 1 2 3 Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 261. OCLC 25449322.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "NZTCS Lepidoptera Spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2018.



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