Tingena monodonta
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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. monodonta
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| Tingena monodonta | |
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Tingena monodonta is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in both the North and South Islands. This species inhabits native beech forest at altitudes of between 2500 – 3000 ft. The adults of the species are on the wing from November and December.
Taxonomy
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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1911 using specimens collected by R. M. Sunley at Mount Holdsworth at altitudes of between 3000 – 4000 ft in November.[3] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the Borkhausenia genus.[4] In that same publication Meyrick synonymised Cremnogenes nigra with Borkhausenia monodonta.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species.[5] In 1928 George Hudson also discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂♀. 17 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous ; antennal ciliations 4, whorled. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark bronzy-purplish-fuscous ; a small whitish-ochreous elongate mark on fold before middle of wing, and a few ochreous-whitish scales towards dorsum before tornus, in one specimen these markings confluent so as to form an obscure semioval dorsal patch : cilia bronzy-fuscous, mixed with darker towards base, beneath tornus with an ochreous-whitish spot. Hindwiiigs dark bronzy-fuscous ; cilia bronzy-fuscous, with darker subbasal shade.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has been observed in the Wellington region, Mount Arthur, Arthur's Pass and in the mountains in Otago.[4][6]
Behaviour
[edit]The adults of this species are on the wing in November and December.[6]
Habitat
[edit]T. monodonta inhabits native beech forest at altitudes from 2500 – 3000 ft.[6]
References
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- ^ 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 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: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b E. Meyrick (1 July 1911). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 43: 75. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q58200989.
- ^ a b c E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 213. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 267, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286