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Tingena hastata

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Tingena hastata
Male holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. hastata
Binomial name
Tingena hastata
(Philpott, 1916)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Borkhausenia hastata Philpott, 1916

Tingena hastata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern part of the South Island. Adults of this species are on the wing in October.

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1916 using a specimen collected at Seaward Moss (now known as part of Awarua Plains), near Invercargill, in October and named Borkhausenia hastata.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. hastata in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2]

Description

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Illustration of T. hastata by George Hudson.

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂. 19 mm. Head and thorax whitish - ochreous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, mixed with purplish-brown beneath. Antennae whitish-ochreous, annulated with purplish-brown, ciliations 1. Abdomen ochreous-brown, tuft ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex produced, termen strongly oblique ; whitish-ochreous ; markings purplish-brown ; an obscure streak from base along fold to 12; a dot above dorsum at base and one in disc at 23 ; a rather suffused series of spots along termen and some scales on costa near apex : cilia whitish-ochreous with some brownish scales near base. Hindwings and cilia shining white, ochreous tinged.[3]

This species can be confused with T. chloradelpha but can be distinguished as T. hastata has narrower and more pointed forewings with greyer colouring and darker terminal and discal dots.[4]

Distribution

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This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern parts of the South Island including at Gem Lake at an altitude of 1300 m.[1][4][5]

Behaviour

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This species is on the wing in October.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d 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.
  3. ^ a b Alfred Philpott (1916), Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera, vol. 48, p. 422, Wikidata Q110284142
  4. ^ a b c d George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 266, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  5. ^ K. J. M. Dickinson; A. F. Mark; B. I. P. Barratt; B. H. Patrick (March 1998). "Rapid ecological survey, inventory and implementation: a case study from Waikaia Ecological Region, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 28 (1): 83–156. doi:10.1080/03014223.1998.9517556. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54578259.