Tingena monodonta
Male lectotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. monodonta
Binomial name
Tingena monodonta
(Meyrick, 1911)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cremnogenes monodonta Meyrick, 1911
  • Borkhausenia monodonta (Meyrick, 1911)
  • Cremnogenes nigra Philpott, 1914

Tingena monodonta is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in both the North and South Islands. This species inhabits native beech forest at altitudes of between 2500 - 3000 ft. The adults of the species are on the wing from November and December.

Taxonomy

Mount Holdsworth, type locality of T. monodonta.

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911 using specimens collected by R. M. Sunley at Mount Holdsworth at altitudes of between 3000 - 4000 ft in November.[3] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the Borkhausenia genus.[4] In that same publication Meyrick synonymised Cremnogenes nigra with Borkhausenia monodonta.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species.[5] 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] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Illustration of T. monodonta by George Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂♀. 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; antennal ciliations 4, whorled. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-purplish-fuscous ; a small whitish-ochreous elongate mark on fold before middle of wing, and a few ochreous-whitish scales towards dorsum before tornus, in one specimen these markings confluent so as to form an obscure semioval dorsal patch : cilia bronzy-fuscous, mixed with darker towards base, beneath tornus with an ochreous-whitish spot. Hindwiiigs dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia bronzy-fuscous, with darker subbasal shade.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has been observed in the Wellington region, Mount Arthur, Arthur's Pass and in the mountains in Otago.[4][6]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in November and December.[6]

Habitat

T. monodonta inhabits native beech forest at altitudes from 2500 - 3000 ft.[6]

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: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 E. Meyrick (1 July 1911). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 75. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q58200989.
  4. 1 2 3 E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 213. 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 4 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 267, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
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