Tingena ophiodryas
Female holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. ophiodryas
Binomial name
Tingena ophiodryas
(Meyrick, 1936)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Borkhausenia ophiodryas Meyrick, 1936

Tingena ophiodryas is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1936 and named Borkhausenia ophiodryas using a specimen collected by S. Lindsay in the bush above Le Bon's Bay, on Banks Peninsula in February.[3] In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. ophiodryas.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena.[2] The female holotype specimen, collected at Little River, Banks Peninsula, is held at the Canterbury Museum.[2]

Description

Illustration of T. ophiodryas by George Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♀. 17 mm. Head, thorax light ochreous-orange. Palpi whitishochreous. Forewings elongate, slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen rounded, oblique; golden-ochreous-orange; markings ochreous-brown; stigmata forming rounded spots, plical somewhat beyond first discal, a rather narrow sinuous streak proceeding from near base along fold between these and touching second discal beneath, thence directed to tornus, some scattered scales between this and narrow bent bar crossing wing near apex and continued along termen to tornus: cilia orange-yellow. Hindwings grey; cilia whitish-grey.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.[1][3][5]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in February.[4]

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: 104. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 3 E Meyrick (December 1936). "Descriptions and Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 66: 282. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89182401.
  4. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 443, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
  5. ↑ Hooson, Scott (29 January 2015). "Christchurch District Plan. Site of Ecological Significance. Lion Rock" (PDF). districtplan.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
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