Orocrambus corruptus

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Orocrambus corruptus
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Male
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Female
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Orocrambus
Species:
O. corruptus
Binomial name
Orocrambus corruptus
Butler, 1877
Synonyms
  • Hypochalcia corruptaButler, 1877
  • Orocrambus corruptus
  • Crambus luridusHudson, 1923

Orocrambus corruptus is a moth in the family Crambidae. [1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877. [2] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] It is known from the lowland and intermontane region areas of eastern and central South Island. [5] The habitat consists of poorly drained areas up to 750 meters and old pastures. [5]

The wingspan is 15–20 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from September to early December and again in February in some areas. [5]

The larvae have been reared on Funaria species, Poa annua , Bromus dactylis and Trifolium repens . [6]

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

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

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

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

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

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<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 heteraulus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus heteraulus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species has been recorded to inhabit the Humboldt Range and the Routeburn Valley.

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

Orocrambus isochytus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is found in the Nelson area as defined by the Crosby codes, the New Zealand Area Codes for recording specimen localities. It has been recorded from Mount Arthur and Mount Peel. The habitat of this species consists of alpine tussock grasslands.

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

Orocrambus lectus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1929. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from Fiordland and north-western Nelson. The habitat of this species consists of subalpine and alpine areas. Adults have been recorded from December to February. Adults of this moth are known to pollinate Olearia virgata.

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

Orocrambus ordishi is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David E. Gaskin in 1975. This species is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the central and eastern part of the South Island.

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

Orocrambus paraxenus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the South Island. The habitat this species prefers consists of dry tussock areas.

<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 scutatus</i> Species of moth

Orocrambus scutatus is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1917. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it has been recorded in Southland. The habitat of this species consists of subalpine tussock grassland.

<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.

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. Butler, A.G. (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877:May-Dec.: 379–407 via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. "Orocrambus corruptus (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. 1 2 3 Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.
  6. Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Information on the life cycles of some New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 365–376. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517879.