Orocrambus apicellus

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Orocrambus apicellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Orocrambus
Species:
O. apicellus
Binomial name
Orocrambus apicellus
(Zeller, 1863)
Synonyms
  • Crambus apicellusZeller, 1863

Orocrambus apicellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1863. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] O. apicellus has been recorded from the North and South Islands, as well as Stewart Island, Chatham Islands and the Auckland Islands. [5] The habitat consists of swampy areas and wet pastures. [5]

The wingspan is 22–26 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from October to April in two generations per year. [5]

The larvae feed on Juncus polyanthemos , Juncus bufonius and possibly Carex species. [5]

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<i>Orocrambus</i> Genus of moths

Orocrambus is a genus of moths of the family Crambidae. All species are endemic to New Zealand.

<i>Orocrambus flexuosellus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus flexuosellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It was first described by Edward Doubleday in 1843. O. flexuosellus is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the North Island, South Island and the Stewart Islands. The species' habitat consists of lowland to alpine grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus callirrhous</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus callirrhous is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the eastern and central part of the South Island and the coast near Wellington and Whangārei on the North Island.

<i>Orocrambus catacaustus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus catacaustus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the South Island. The habitat consists of bogs.

<i>Orocrambus cyclopicus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus cyclopicus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. In 1975 David E. Gaskin wrongly synonymised Crambus sophistes with Orocrambus cyclopicus.

<i>Orocrambus enchophorus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus enchophorus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the South Island and North Island. The lives in lowland to alpine grassland habitat.

<i>Orocrambus ephorus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus ephorus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand. It has been recorded from the South Island. The species' preferred habitat consists of alpine tussock grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus haplotomus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus haplotomus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. This species is endemic to New Zealand. O. haplotomus has been recorded from the areas around Lake Te Anau and Lake Wakatipu in the South Island.

<i>Orocrambus harpophorus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus harpophorus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. It is endemic to New Zealand. The species has been recorded from the South Island and North Island.

<i>Orocrambus heliotes</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus heliotes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand. O. heliotes has been recorded in the South Island and the North Island. The habitat it prefers consists of swampy tussock grasslands and margins of slow-moving streams.

<i>Orocrambus horistes</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus horistes is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1902. O. horistes is endemic to New Zealand, where it has only been recorded from the Chatham Islands.

<i>Orocrambus philpotti</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus philpotti is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David E. Gaskin in 1975. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in the Tasman Mountains to Lake Tekapo in the South Island. The habitat this species prefers consists of alpine and subalpine tussock grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus ramosellus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus ramosellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Henry Doubleday in 1843. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in the North and South Islands. The habitat of this species consists of pastures.

<i>Orocrambus simplex</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus simplex is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in Westland, Nelson Province, the central part of the North Island and the coastal area of southern Hawkes Bay. The habitat where this species lives consists of tussock grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus siriellus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus siriellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. This species is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in Northland to Southland and on the Chatham Islands. It lives in habitat consisting of swampy areas.

<i>Orocrambus tritonellus</i> Species of insect

Orocrambus tritonellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. This species is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in the central and eastern parts of the South Island. This species prefers habitat that consists of subalpine and alpine areas.

<i>Orocrambus tuhualis</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus tuhualis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder, Rudolf Felder and Alois Friedrich Rogenhofer in 1875. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in the South Island and Wellington in the North Island. This species prefers habitat that consists of swampy areas.

<i>Orocrambus vittellus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus vittellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Henry Doubleday in 1843. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been recorded in the North and South Islands, as well as Stewart Island. It prefers a habitat that consists of grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus vulgaris</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus vulgaris is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the North Island and South Island. The species prefers habitat that consists of lowland and subalpine grasslands.

<i>Orocrambus xanthogrammus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus xanthogrammus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1883. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the South Island and the eastern part of the North Island. The habitat of this species consists of shingle river beds.

References

  1. 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. Zeller, Philipp Christoph (1863). Chilonidarum et crambidarum genera et species. p. 31. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66009 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "global Pyraloidea database". Globiz.pyraloidea.org. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. "Orocrambus apicellus (Zeller, 1863)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-20.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. The Royal Society of New Zealand. 2 (3): 304. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878 . Retrieved 21 January 2017.