Chrysorthenches glypharcha
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Plutellidae |
| Genus: | Chrysorthenches |
| Species: | C. glypharcha
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Chrysorthenches glypharcha is a species of moth in the family Plutellidae.[3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1919. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands. This species inhabits native forest with Podocarpus trees present. The larva and pupa of this species is currently unknown but the adults are on the wing in February, October and November. The adult moths are associated with Podocarpus totara and Podocarpus laetus.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1919 and named Orthenches glypharcha.[4] In 1927 Alfred Philpott discussed and described the male genitalia of this species.[5] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1996 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Chrysorthenches.[2] The female lectotype, collected by George Hudson at Mount Taranaki in February, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[7]
Description[edit]
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
♀. 10-11 mm. Head white. Palpi white, with a bronzy lateral line. Antennae white, ringed with dark fuscous, basal portion lined with dark fuscous. Thorax white with a faint bronzy-tinged central line, patagia shining bronze. Abdomen light grey. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen slightly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; bright shining bronze : markings shining white ; a streak along fold from base to 2⁄3 ; an oblique streak from costa before middle to fold ; an oblique streak from costa beyond middle not reaching half across wing, and a slightly oblique streak from dorsum before tornus, their apices connected by a purple black mark ; a purplish-black dot on tornus ; three small wedge-shaped spots on costa posteriorly ; three or four small marks or dots along termen, one below middle forming an erect strigula : cilia grey, basal half bronzy, round apex with three or four white bars. Hindwings grey : cilia light grey, with darker subbasal shade.[4]
Some specimens of C. glypharcha are similar in appearance to C. polita.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been found on both the North and South Islands.[1][6] As well as the type locality this species has been observed at the Motueka Valley, Arthur's Pass and Christchurch.[6]
Behaviour[edit]
Adults are on the wing in February, October and November.[6][8]
Habitat[edit]
This species inhabits native forest with Podocarpus trees.[6][2]
Hosts[edit]
The larva and pupa are unknown but the adults of this species are associated with Podocarpus totara and Podocarpus laetus.[2]
DNA analysis[edit]
In 2020 this species along with the other species in the genus Chrysorthenches had their morphological characters studied.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Chrysorthenches glypharcha (Meyrick, 1919)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ^ a b c d e J. S. Dugdale (January 1996). "Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer‐associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 23 (1): 33–59. doi:10.1080/03014223.1996.9518064. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54576386.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b Edward Meyrick (1919). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 51: 353. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110189623.
- ^ Alfred Philpott (1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Plutellidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 317–326. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q115552997.
- ^ a b c d e George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 330, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 74. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Alan Emmerson; Robert Hoare (28 October 2019). "Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list". The Wētā. 53: 43–70. ISSN 0111-7696. Wikidata Q105342215.
- ^ Jae-Cheon Sohn; Shigeki Kobayashi; Yutaka Yoshiyasu (10 March 2020). "Beyond Wallace: a new lineage of Chrysorthenches (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutoidea: Glyphipterigidae) reveals a journey tracking its host-plants, Podocarpus (Pinopsida: Podocarpaceae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (2): 709–736. doi:10.1093/ZOOLINNEAN/ZLAA009. ISSN 1096-3642. Wikidata Q106700659.