Asterivora barbigera

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Asterivora barbigera
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Asterivora
Species:
A. barbigera
Binomial name
Asterivora barbigera
(Meyrick, 1915) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Simaethis barbigeraMeyrick, 1915

Asterivora barbigera is a moth in the family Choreutidae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the southern half of the South Island. It inhabits open mountain sides and adults are on the wing in November to January.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick and named Simaethis barbigera. [3] In 1927 Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species. [4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [5] In 1979 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Asterivora. [6] In 1988 Dugdale confirmed this placement. [2] The female holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [5]

Description

The wingspan is about 19 mm. The head is bronzy irrorated with white and dark fuscous and the thorax is greyish-bronze sprinkled with white. The abdomen is bronzy-grey, although the segmental margins are white. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex obtuse, the termen bowed and oblique. They are greyish-bronze, irregularly irrorated with white, especially towards the costa and on a terminal band. There is a white transverse dot on the end of the cell. A second line is formed of white irroration which is strongly curved outwards. The hindwings are light grey. [3]

This species is variable in the amount of white markings on its wings. [5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [7] It is found in the southern half of the South Island and has been observed in the Hunter Mountains, the Hump range in Fiordland and at Bold Peak. [8] [5]

Habitat

This species inhabits open mountain sides. [5]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in November to January. [9] [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 113. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (1915). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 203. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110745619.
  4. ↑ Alfred Philpott (15 November 1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Glyphipterygidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 337–347. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110772020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 310, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286
  6. ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1979-07-01). "A new generic name for the New Zealand species previously assigned to Simaethis auctorum (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae), with description of a new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (3): 461–466. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1979.10428386 . ISSN   0301-4223.
  7. ↑ "Asterivora barbigera (Meyrick, 1915)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  8. ↑ "Asterivora barbigera Meyrick, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Asterivora barbigera AMNZ14080". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 22 November 2002. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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