Asterivora oleariae

Asterivora oleariae
	Male holotype
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Choreutidae
Genus:	Asterivora
Species:	A. oleariae
Binomial name
	Asterivora oleariae; Dugdale, 1979

Last updated December 05, 2023

Asterivora oleariae is a species of moth in the family Choreutidae.^[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and can be found on Stewart Island, Big South Cape Island and The Snares. There is one generation a year on The Snares with adults being on the wing in January and February. Larvae are feed on plants in the Olearia genus.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by J. S. Dugdale in 1979 using specimens collected by Donald S. Horning and named Asterivora oleariae.^[3] In 1988 Dugdale confirmed this placement.^[1] The male holotype specimen, collected at the Snares Islands, is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.^[1]

Description

Dugdale described this species as follows:

Antenna with whorls of long setulae in ♂; frons white-scaled ventrally, darker above; ocelli fringed below by a line of white scales; head, thorax, and abdomen clothed above in grey-brown scaleswhite-tipped on head, uniform elsewhere-intermingled with white scales; venter with uniform buff or white scales. Forewing patterned in dark grey and white ... pale areas larger in ♀; hindwing dark grey, white sub terminal band lacking. Length (vertex to wingtip) 8.5-8.7 mm (The Snares), 7.0 mm (Stewart I.).^[3]

The pupa of this species is black in colour.^[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand but has been collected in The Snares, Stewart Island and Big South Cape Island.^[2]^[3]

Life cycle

There is one generation per year on The Snares.^[3] Adults are on the wing in January and February.^[3] It has been hypothesised that the larval development coincides with the leaf development of its host plants.^[3]

Hosts

The larvae feed on plants in the genus Olearia including Olearia colensoi , Olearia lyalli and Olearia angustifolia .^[3]

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References

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: 114. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
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.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.

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[Dugdale1988-1] 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: 114. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

[NZIB-2] 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.

[:1-3] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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.

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