Asterivora fasciata

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Asterivora fasciata
Asterivora fasciata AMNZ21798.jpg
Male holotype specimen held at Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Choreutidae
Genus: Asterivora
Species:
A. fasciata
Binomial name
Asterivora fasciata
(Philpott, 1930) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Simaethis fasciataPhilpott, 1930

Asterivora fasciata is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found at Arthur's Pass. The larvae of this species have been reared on Celmisia densiflora and adults are on the wing in January.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1930, using specimens collected by C. E. Clarke at Arthur's Pass in January, and named Simaethis fasciata. [3] In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under that name. [4] In 1979 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Asterivora. [5] In 1988 Dugdale confirmed this placement. [2] The male holotype specimen, collected in the Arthur's Pass, is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. [2]

Description

Illustration of A. fasciata by George Hudson. Fig 17 MA I437921 TePapa Plate-LX-A-supplement full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of A. fasciata by George Hudson.

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂♀ . 10-11 mm. Head and thorax bronzy brown sprinkled with white scales. Palpi brown closely annulated with white, second segment roundly tufted beneath. Antennae black annulated with white, ciliations in ♂ 2. Abdomen bronzy brown sprinkled with white. Legs bronzy brown mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa slightly arched, apex subrectangular, termen almost straight, oblique; bronzy brown; densely irrorated with white except on broad median angled band: fringes bronzy brown, subbasal line and tips white. Hindwings pale bronzy brown, greyish towards base; an interrupted white fascia from tornus along termen to about 1⁄4, thence diverging into disc and reaching about middle of wing: fringes as in forewings. [3]

Philpott stated that this species is distinguishable by the dark median band on the forewings. [3]

Behaviour

The adults of this species is on the wing in January. [4]

Hosts

Larval host species Celmisia densiflora. Celmisia densiflora 59347935.jpg
Larval host species Celmisia densiflora.

The larvae of this species have been reared on Celmisia densiflora. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 3 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 3 Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum . 1: 13. ISSN   0067-0464. JSTOR   42905932. Wikidata   Q58676529.
  4. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 457, OCLC   9742724, Wikidata   Q109420935
  5. ↑ J. S. Dugdale (July 1979). "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. Wikidata   Q54576372.
  6. ↑ "Asterivora fasciata (Philpott, 1930)". Plant-SyNZ. 2021. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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