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Gymnobathra flavidella

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Gymnobathra flavidella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Gymnobathra
Species:
G. flavidella
Binomial name
Gymnobathra flavidella
(Walker, 1864)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Gelechia flavidella Walker, 1864
  • Oecophora utuella Felder, 1875

Gymnobathra flavidella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. The host plants for the larvae of this species include Brachyglottis repanda and Gahnia procera.

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 using the name Gelechia flavidella.[2]

Description

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Gymnobathra flavidella

The forewings of this species measure between 4.5mm and 8.5mm in length.[3]

G.V. Hudson described the species as follows:

The expansion of the wings varies from slightly over 1/2 inch to nearly 3/4 inch. The fore-wings are bright yellow, with rosy brown markings; there is a minute mark on the costa at the base, a very indistinct costal edging and apical shading and three more or less distinct dark brown discal dots; a conspicuous triangular patch of rosy-brown is situated at the tornus, boarded towards the base with a blackish-brown line, which extends as a faint cloudy mark towards the costa. The hind-wings are white with the costal and terminal portions strongly clouded with pale rosy-brown. The cilia of all the wings are rosy-brown. In some specimens the fore-wings are more or less clouded with orange-brown and, as already indicated, there is considerable variation in size.[4]

Distribution

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This species is found only in New Zealand.[5] It is common in all areas of the North Island and in the top half of the South Island as far as Christchurch and Franz Josef.[3][4]

Host species

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The larvae of G. flavidella live within and feed on Brachyglottis repanda.[4][6] Gahnia procera has also been recorded as a host species.[3][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Dugdale, J. S. "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 92. ISSN 0111-5383. OCLC 20332003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-01-27. Retrieved 2018-01-15 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  2. ^ Walker, Francis (1864). "Part XXIX. Tineites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. pt. 29: 563–835 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ^ a b c Hoare, Robert J. B. (2014). A photographic guide to moths & butterflies of New Zealand. Ball, Olivier. Auckland: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd. p. 29. ISBN 9781869663995. OCLC 891672034.
  4. ^ a b c Hudson, George Vernon (1928). The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington, N.Z.: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 275. OCLC 4112351.
  5. ^ "Gymnobathra flavidella (Walker, 1864)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Gymnobathra flavidella - Invertebrate herbivore biodiversity assessment". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
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