Tingena plagiatella
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. plagiatella
Binomial name
Tingena plagiatella
(Walker, 1863)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Tinea plagiatella Walker, 1863
  • Borkhausenia plagiatella (Walker, 1863)

Tingena plagiatella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands. This species inhabits light native bush or scrubland. Adults of this species are on the wing from November to January.

Taxonomy

Francis Walker described this species in 1863 using specimens collected by D. Bolton in Auckland and named the species Tinea plagiatella.[3][2] In 1915 Edward Meyrick placed this species in the genus Borkhausenia.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott studied the genitalia of the male of this species.[5] George Hudson discussed this species under the name Borkhausenia plagiatella in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype specimen is held in the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Meyrick described this species as follows:

Male . Whitish. Head and thorax slightly tinged with ochraceous. Abdomen brownish cinereous above, extending much beyond the hind wings. Wings long, narrow. Fore wings hardly acute, irregularly speckled with brown ; a blackish streak extending from the base ; two blackish spots in the disk, opposite two others on the interior border ; a white spot behind the second blackish spot ; three brown costal spots ; two brown exterior streaks, one extending to the fore part of the exterior border, the other to the interior angle ; two diffuse ochraceous discal patches ; exterior border extremely oblique. Hind wings aeneous. Length of the body 2+1⁄2 lines; of the wings 8 lines.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been observed in Auckland, Tokaanu, Ōrongorongo Valley in the Wellington region and Arthur's Pass.[3][7][8] This species has also been found in a site of ecological significance in Christchurch as set out in the Christchurch District Plan as well as at Rakaia Island in Canterbury.[9][10]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing from November to January.[6]

Habitat and hosts

This species inhabits light native forest or scrubland.[6] The larvae of this species feeds on leaf litter.[10]

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 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 Francis Walker (1863), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part XXVIII. - Tortricites and Tineites, London, p. 485, Wikidata Q109352878{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ↑ 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 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 270, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  7. ↑ J. C. Alley; P. H. Berben; J. S. Dugdale; B. M. Fitzgerald; P. I. Knightbridge; M. J. Meads; R. A. Webster (June 2001). "Responses of litter‐dwelling arthropods and house mice to beech seeding in the Orongorongo Valley, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (2): 425–452. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517663. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q110407301.
  8. ↑ "Tingena plagiatella". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. ↑ Hooton, Scott (27 January 2015). "Christchurch District Plan. Site of Ecological Significance. : Lake Forsyth North Side" (PDF). districtplan.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  10. 1 2 Brian Patrick; Philip Grove (2014). Indigenous insect fauna and vegetation of Rakaia Island (PDF). Environment Canterbury. pp. 1–42. ISBN 978-1-927299-84-5. OCLC 910629091. Wikidata Q110407284.
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