Tingena paula
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. paula
Binomial name
Tingena paula
(Philpott, 1927)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Borkhausenia paula Philpott, 1927

Tingena paula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury. Adults of this species are on the wing in November.

Taxonomy

Illustration of T. paula by George Hudson.

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 using specimens collected by S. Lindsay at Pukeatua Bush, Banks Peninsula in November.[3] Philpott originally named the species Borkhausenia paula.[3] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand using the same name.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the Canterbury Museum.[2]

Description

Tingena paula Illustration of genitalia.

Philpott described the species as follows:

♂. 11–12 mm. Head, palpi and thorax pale ivory-yellow. Antennae fuscous with pale dots, ciliations slightly more than 1. Abdomen dark purplish-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish mixed with pale brown. Forewings blunt lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique; pale ivory-yellow; extreme edge of costa near base fuscous; fringes concolorous with wing. Hindwings dark fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous with darker basal line.[3]

This species is small and is similar in appearance to T. maranta but has less pointed forewings.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.[1][3] This species has also been found in a site of ecological significance in Christchurch as set out in the Christchurch District Plan.[5]

Behaviour

Adults of this species is on the wing in November.[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: 104. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Alfred Philpott (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: notes and descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 708. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q108109466.
  4. ↑ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 263, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  5. ↑ Hooton, Scott; Hogan, Debbie (6 June 2017). "Christchurch District Plan. Site of Ecological Significance. Stony Beach" (PDF). districtplan.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
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