Erechthias charadrota

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Erechthias charadrota
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tineidae
Genus: Erechthias
Species:
E. charadrota
Binomial name
Erechthias charadrota
Meyrick, 1880 [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Erechthias melanotrichaMeyrick, 1888

Erechthias charadrota is a species of moth in the family Tineidae. [3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1880. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found on both the North and South Islands. It inhabits native forest and the larvae likely feed on either deceased plant detritus or tough leaves of plants such as palms or flax. Adults are on the wing commonly from October to February and it is likely this species has two broods per year. Adults have been trapped via a blacklight.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1880 using three specimens caught in dry forest-scrub near Wellington and Port Lyttelton during the month of January. [4] In 1888 Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, also named this moth Erechthias melanotricha. [5] In 1927 Alfred Philpott studied and illustrated the male genitalia of this species. [6] George Hudson, following Meyrick, discussed and illustrated E. charadrota and also discussed E. melantricha separately in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [7] In 1988 John S. Dugdale synonymised E. melanotricha with E. charadrota. He pointed out that Meyrick was mistaken when he thought this species was not variable in depth of colour. [2] The female lectotype specimen collected in Christchurch by Meyrick is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

North Island specimen by Hudson. Fig 16 MA I437897 TePapa Plate-XXXVI-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
North Island specimen by Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂♀. 5"-6+1⁄2". Head and palpi pale ochreous, face darker ochreous ; labial palpi externally dark fuscous, second joint roughly scaled beneath, with, two or three projecting bristles above at apex. Antennae pale ochreous, with obsolete darker fuscous annulations. Thorax pale ochreous. Abdomen greyish-ochreous. Anterior and middle legs blackish, tarsi with slender pale ochreous rings at apex of joints ; posterior legs whitish-ochreous, tarsi suffused at base of joints with dark fuscous. Fore-wings narrow, pale ochreous ; a broad sharply marked ochreous-fuscous streak, suffused with blackish, along costa from base toapex, narrowest at base and dilated beyond middle ; a similar more evenly broad streak along inner-margin from base to anal angle ; in the costal streak are a very slender pale ochreous oblique streak from middle of costa, and an irregular streak-like pale ochreous spot before apex ; cilia whitish-ochreous, with two blackish dividing-lines, and a small apical hook-like spot beyond them. Hind-wings pale fuscous-grey, cilia whitish-grey, with two blackish lines round apex. [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] It is found in both the North and South Islands. [7]

Habitat and hosts

E. charadrota in native forest. Erechthias charadrota 266182353.jpg
E. charadrota in native forest.

This species inhabits native forest. [7] Larvae of species in the genus Erechthias feed on dead plant debris or the tough leaves of plants such as palms. [8]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are most commonly on the wing in October until February. [9] [7] Hudson was of the opinion that this species has two broods per year. [7] Adults have been trapped at night using a 15 watt blacklight. [10]

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References

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  4. 1 2 E. Meyrick (1880). "Description of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 5: 268. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.15879. ISSN   0370-047X. Wikidata   Q56009390. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  5. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 93. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q63125188.
  6. ↑ Alfred Philpott (15 November 1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Lyonetiidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 327–329. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q131610220.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 335, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  8. ↑ Dong-June Lee; Bong-Woo Lee; Young-Min Shin; Tak-Gi Lee; Yeong-Bin Cha; Yang-Seop Bae (December 2020). "A review of the genus Erechthias Meyrick (Lepidoptera, Tineidae), with two newly recorded species from Korea". Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity. 13 (4): 625–630. doi:10.1016/J.JAPB.2020.10.005. ISSN   2287-884X. Wikidata   Q131613958.
  9. ↑ Stuart Lindsay (1927). "A List of the Lepidoptera of Deans's Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 693–695. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q111969574.
  10. ↑ T. H. Davies (January 1973). "LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN AREAS SURROUNDING HASTINGS AND NAPIER" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 5 (2): 204–216. doi:10.1080/00779962.1973.9723002. ISSN   0077-9962. Wikidata   Q54755566. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013.
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