Harmologa petrias

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Harmologa petrias
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Tortricidae
Genus: Harmologa
Species:
H. petrias
Binomial name
Harmologa petrias
Meyrick, 1901 [1]

Harmologa petrias is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. [1] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1901. It is endemic to New Zealand and has occurred in the Hunter Mountains, Longwood Range, Invercargill, and Bluff. This species inhabits open country amongst Cassinia as well as shrubland. Adults of this species are on the wing from November until January. The larvae of this species are hosted by Ozothamnus leptophyllus.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described in 1901 by Edward Meyrick using a specimen he collected in Invercargill in December. [2] George Hudson, in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, described and illustrated this species. [3] The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [4]

Description

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Illustration by Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 15m.m. Head and thorax fuscous, mixed with dark fuscous, ochreous, and whitish; thorax crested. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Forewings moderate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen straight, little oblique, rounded beneath; fuscous irregularly sprinkled with whitish; markings formed by ochreous iroration, mixed especially on edges with black; basal patch with outer edge somewhat obtusely angulated in middle; central fascia moderate, somewhat irregular-edged; costal patch rhomboidal, almost confluent with an erect suboval spot from tornus: cilia fuscous mixed with whitish. Hindwings rather dark fuscous, darker terminally; cilia whitish-fuscous, with a fuscous line. [2]

In some specimens the dark transverse markings appear more broken than in others. [3] H. petrias has a considerable superficial resemblance to Harmologa pontifica , which is a larger insect. [3]

Distribution

H. petrias is endemic to New Zealand. [1] This species has occurred in the Hunter Mountains, Longwood Range, Invercargill, and Bluff. [3]

Habitat and hosts

Larval host species O. leptophyllus. Ozothamnus leptophyllus by Peter de Lange.jpg
Larval host species O. leptophyllus.

This species inhabits open country amongst Cassinia as well as shrubland. [3] [5] The larval hosts of this moth are species in the genus Ozothamnus including Ozothamnus leptophyllus (previously known as Cassinia vauvilliersii). [6] [7]

Behaviour

Adults of this species is on the wing from November until January. [3] It is a day flying moth. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (December 1901). "XVII. Descriptions of New Lepidoptera from New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 49 (4): 572. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1901.TB01373.X. ISSN   0035-8894. Wikidata   Q56158899.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 243, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 – via Biodiversity Heritage LibraryPD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 124. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  5. ↑ "Obelisk Station Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review: Conservation Resources Report - Part 4". www.linz.govt.nz/. Land Information New Zealand. December 2010. p. 10. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ↑ "New Zealand Aluminium Smelters Limited. NZAS Closure Preliminary Study. Environmental Study Report – Ecology" (PDF). murihikuregen.org.nz. July 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  7. ↑ "Harmologa petrias Meyrick, 1901". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 2025-03-13.
  8. ↑ "Environmental Reserves Omnibus Draft Management Plan Hearing Agenda - Public" (PDF). www.icc.govt.nz. 6 July 2021. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
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