| Tingena thalerodes | |
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| Male holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. thalerodes |
| Binomial name | |
| Tingena thalerodes | |
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Tingena thalerodes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found at Arthur's Pass. This species inhabits rough herbage on mountain sides. Adults are on the wing in December and January.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916 using a specimen collected at Arthur's Pass in December by George Hudson and named Borkhausenia thalerodes.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Borkhausenia thalerodes in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] Philpott discussed this species under the name B. thalerodes however he was unable to find a specimen for dissection in order to study the male genitalia.[5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype, collected at Arthur's Pass, is held in at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 17 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish, apex of patagia pale ferruginous-yellowish. Antennal ciliations 2+1⁄2. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; deep ferruginous, somewhat mixed with grey ; a suffused light-yellowish streak along basal third of dorsum ; a whitish-yellowish inwardly oblique transverse spot from dorsum beyond middle, reaching 2⁄5 across wing : cilia ferruginous, with two grey shades. Hindwings blackish-grey : cilia dark grey, with blackish-grey subbasal shade.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Behaviour
The adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.[3][4]
Habitat
T. thalerodes inhabits rough herbage on mountain sides.[4]
References
- 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.
- 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: 105. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- 1 2 3 Edward Meyrick (October 1916). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 416. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q69802584.
- 1 2 3 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 268, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ↑ 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.