Tingena falsiloqua
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. falsiloqua
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| Binomial name | |
| Tingena falsiloqua | |
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Tingena falsiloqua is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the North Island. This species frequents subalpine native forest.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1932 using specimen collected at Waimarino at an altitude of 2500 ft in January by George Hudson and named Trachypepla falsiloqua.[3] George Hudson discussed this species under the name Trachypepla falsiloqua in his 1939 publication A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description[edit]
This species was described by Meyrick as follows:
♂. 20 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, a few greyish hair scales. Palpi whitish, basal half and a subapical band of second joint grey, terminal joint 3⁄5, with two dark grey bands. Antennal ciliations 1+1⁄2. Thorax grey, with a rough posterior crest mixed whitish. Forewings elongate, rather dilated, costa gently arched, apex pointed, termen nearly straight, oblique; whitish, partially clouded light greenish-ochreous in disc, some scattered dark brown scales; scales of basal fourth of dorsum roughened; a brown fasciate streak from base of costa above fold to 1⁄3, plical and first discal stigmata forming small dark bronzy-brown spots on each side of its extremity, plical slightly anterior and edged rough white scales beneath, these scales preceded by a small dark brown tuft; a spot of brownish suffusion on costa at 1⁄4; second discal stigma rather larger, bronzy-brown, suffused bronzy-brown spots on costa rather before it and on tornus rather beyond it; an excurved dark fuscous line, gradually dilated on upper half, from costa at 4⁄5 to dorsum before tornus; a suffused fuscous apical spot, and two or three small greyish spots on termen: cilia whitish-ochreous, an interrupted fuscous median line. Hindwings light grey; cilia whitish-grey.[3]
Hudson, in 1939, raised the possibility that this moth might be a form of the variable T. innotella however Dugdale retained this species in his 1988 paper.[4][2]
Distribution[edit]
T. falsiloqua is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Habitat[edit]
This species frequents subalpine native forest.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e 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: 101. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b E Meyrick (1932). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 63: 24. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q89182234.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 450, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935