Heterocrossa adreptella

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Heterocrossa adreptella
Heterocrossa charaxias holotype.jpg
Heterocrossa adreptella (previously known as H. charaxias)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Heterocrossa
Species:
H. adreptella
Binomial name
Heterocrossa adreptella
(Walker, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Gelechia adreptellaWalker, 1864
  • Carposina adreptella(Walker, 1864)
  • Paramorpha adreptella(Walker, 1864)
  • Heterocrossa charaxiasMeyrick, 1891

Heterocrossa adreptella is a moth of the Carposinidae family. [1] This species was long considered the New Zealand raspberry budmoth however this was a taxonomic misinterpretation of the type material used to describe this species. This error was corrected in 1988 with the New Zealand raspberry budmoth giving its own species name Heterocrossa rubophaga . H. adreptella is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in the Wellington Botanic Garden and been observed resting on mānuka branches.

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Taxonomy

Male holotype of H. adreptella. Heterocrossa adreptella male holotype.jpg
Male holotype of H. adreptella.

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 and originally named Gelechia adreptella. [3] Walker used specimens collected by D. Bolton in Auckland. [2] In papers published in 1882 and 1883, Edward Meyrick misinterpreted Walker's type material and as a result Heterorcrossa adreptella was long considered the New Zealand raspberry budmoth. [4] [5] The New Zealand raspberry moth is in fact a different species from H. adreptella and is now known as Heterocrossa rubophaga . [2] This error was corrected by John S. Dugdale in 1988. [2] Dugdale, in the same publication, also synonymised Heterocrossa charaxias with H. adreptella. [2] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under the name Carposina charaxias. [6] Also in 1928 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the male genitalia of H. charaxias. [7] These illustrations, in the opinion of Dugdale, were in agreement with the genitalia slide of the holotype specimen of H. adreptella. [2] The male holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

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Illustration by George Hudson.

Hudson described the larva of this species as follows:

Length when fully extended about 3⁄4 inch (18 mm.). Elongate, cylindrical, slightly tapering at each end. Head rather small, square in front, with prominent antennae. Segment 2 with somewhat heart-shaped dorsal plate, a double excavation in margin next head, and semi-transparant sides and posterior margin. Segment 3 transverse. Remaining segments slightly stouter, a little tapering beyond middle. Segments 13 and 14 very much smaller. Head pale ochreous-brown, with darker brown lateral and central bands. Segments 2 and 3 darker brown on dorsal area. Remaining segments as far as segment 12, very pale ochreous-brown, with conspicuous claret-brown dorsal line and two brownish blotches on each side of this. Segment 13 with four conspicuous white dots on its dark brown posterior edge. Anal flap and prolegs semi-transparent. Tubercles small, yellowish and very inconspicuous, with short, very fine bristles. Surface of larva highly polished giving it a wet slimy look and somewhat suggesting general appearance of certain dipterous larvae. [8]

Walker originally described the adult female of this species as follows:

Female. Cinereous. Head whitish cinereous. Abdomen extending much beyond the hind wings. Legs smooth, slender. Fore wings moderately broad, rounded at the tips, with several black speckles and points, and with a short black discal streak; exterior border straight, rather oblique. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 8 lines. [3]

Hudson described the adult this species as follows:

The expansion of the wings is slightly over 1⁄2 inch. The fore-wings are rather elongate, oblong, with the termen very oblique and slightly waved, white densely speckled with brownish grey; a small black spot is situated on the costa near the base; a minute black dot on the dorsum near the base; seven small brown spots on the costa; a short oblique black bar in the disc before J, parallel to the termen; there are several scattered black dots or short marks preceding the tufts; an angulated series of sub-terminal dots obsolete at extremities and a series of very indistinct terminal dots. The hind-wings are white. The palpi are longer in the female than in the male. [6]

This species can be distinguished from H. rubophaga as the hindwing anal area of adult specimens of H. adreptella have broad, yellowish scales present. [2] There are also differences in the shape of the male genitalia of these species. [2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [9] It has been collected at the Wellington Botanic Garden, resting on mānuaka branches. [6] It has also been collected in Otago. [10]

Behaviour and hosts.

The larvae are very active and feeds amongst the flowers of Rubus australis . [8] Adults of this species are on the wing in November. [6] [10]

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