Orocrambus dicrenellus

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Orocrambus dicrenellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Subfamily: Crambinae
Tribe: Crambini
Genus: Orocrambus
Species:
O. dicrenellus
Binomial name
Orocrambus dicrenellus
(Meyrick, 1882) [1]
Synonyms
  • Crambus dicrenellus Meyrick, 1882

Orocrambus dicrenellus is a moth in the family Crambidae. [2] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 under the name Crambus dicrenellus. [1] [3] It is endemic to New Zealand. [4] It has been recorded from the central part of the South Island.

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Taxonomy

O. dicrenellus was first described by Edward Meyrick in June 1882 and named Crambus dicrenellus. [5] Meyrick gave a fuller description of this species in May 1883. [6] The male lectotype specimen, collected at Mount Hutt by R. E. Fereday, is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [7]

Description

The wingspan is 29–33 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from November to February. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Orocrambus dicrenellus​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved May 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ 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. LCCN   2011379669. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  3. ↑ Meyrick, E. (1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 186–187. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ↑ "Orocrambus dicrenellus (Meyrick, 1883)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
  5. ↑ Edward Meyrick (June 1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera (I.)". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 187. Wikidata   Q115108516.
  6. ↑ Edward Meyrick (May 1883). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. I and II. Crambidae and Tortricina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 22–23. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q111013914.
  7. ↑ 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: 147. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  8. ↑ 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.


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