Tingena melanamma
Male lectotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. melanamma
Binomial name
Tingena melanamma
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Borkhausenia melanamma Meyrick, 1905
  • Borkhausenia sabulosa Philpott, 1918

Tingena melanamma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Marlborough, Otago and Southland.

Taxonomy

Illustration of T. melanamma by George Hudson.
Ida Valley, type locality of T. melanamma

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using specimens collected by J. H. Lewis in Ida Valley, Otago and named Borkhausenia melanamma.[3] In 1915 Meyrick discussed this species under the name Borkhausenia melanamma.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species however the genitalia of the lectotype of this species differs from Philpott's illustration.[5][2] In 1928 George Hudson also discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] In the same publication Dugdale synonymised Borkhausenia sabulosa with T. melanamma as the holotype of B. sabulosa and the lectotype of T. melanamma are indistinguishable.[2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey irrorated with white. Antennae, dark grey ringed with whitish, ciliations 1. Abdomen grey, more or less mixed with ochreous-yellowish. Fore-wings lanceolate, costa bent at 1⁄3; fuscous, irrorated with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; four oblique fasciae of dark fuscous irroration from costa at base, 1⁄3, 2⁄5, and 5⁄6 indicated or obsolete : cilia light fuscous, some irroration and tips whitish. Hind-wings grey; cilia light grey, with darker basal shade.[3]

This species is very similar in appearance to T. siderodita but has a grey appearance and lacks the ochreous-yellow colouring and the paler hindwings of the latter species.[6]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago and Southland.[1][4] This species has also been observed in coastal habitats in Marlborough.[7]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.[6] The larvae of this species feed on leaf litter.[8]

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 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: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (15 July 1905). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 240–241. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q54553180.
  4. 1 2 E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 212. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349.
  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 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 262, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  7. ↑ John Stewart Dugdale (August 2001). Cloudy Bay Coastal Habitats: Entomological Values of the Foreshore and Associated Inland Habitats (PDF). Vol. 49. Department of Conservation. pp. 1–19. ISBN 0-478-22083-9. ISSN 0113-3853. Wikidata Q110338931. {{cite book}}: |journal= ignored (help)
  8. ↑ "Nevis Valley Gold Mining Activity Resource Consent Application" (PDF). www.codc.govt.nz. 13 April 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
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