Paramorpha marginata

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Paramorpha marginata
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Male holotype specimen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Paramorpha
Species:
P. marginata
Binomial name
Paramorpha marginata
(Philpott, 1931) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Carposina marginataPhilpott, 1931
  • Paramorpha heptacentraMeyrick, 1931

Paramorpha marginata is a species of moth in the family Carposinidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the northern parts of the North Island. It has been observed in the canopy of kanuka forest and has been collected and reared from leaf litter beneath Leucopogon fasciculatus. It is regarded as a rarely recorded species.

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Taxonomy

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1931 using a specimen collected by Charles Edwin Clarke at Okoroire in December and named Carposina marginata. [2] [3] Later in 1931 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Paramorpha heptacentra. [2] This name along with the original combination were synonymised by George Hudson in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [4] Hudson illustrated and described the species under the current nomenclature. [4] [2] The male holotype specimen is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum. [2]

Description

Watercolour illustration of P. marginata by George Hudson Paramorpha Marginata, Fig 23 from Hudson Plate LIX.jpg
Watercolour illustration of P. marginata by George Hudson
Observation of live P. marginata Paramorpha marginata 163000107.jpg
Observation of live P. marginata

Philpott described the species as follows:

♂. 11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, fuscous laterally and beneath. Antennae white, ciliations in ♂ 2. Abdomen ochreous white. Legs fuscous mixed with whitish, posterior pair white. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex rather angular, termen rounded, oblique; white, rather greyish except along costa; extreme edge of costa yellow more dilated on apical ½; markings black; a spot below fold at ¼; a spot well below costa at about ¼ and another immediately beneath it; a large spot just above fold not far beyond the latter; a spot below costa at ½; beyond this a spot in disc and another beneath and obliquely before it; a chain of spots round termen and a number of single black scales scattered about apical half of wing: fringes grey. Hindwings and fringes shining white. [3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [5] [1] Hudson was of the opinion that the species could be found in the northern parts of the North island. [4] Other than Okoroire, this species has been collected in Albany in Auckland, [6] Whangarei, [4] and at the Poor Knights Islands. [7]

Biology and behaviour

This species is on the wing in December and January. [4] This species has been collected using a malaise trap as well as being beaten from foliage. [7] [8] This species is regarded as being rarely recorded. [6]

Habitat and host species

This moth has been found to be present in the canopy of kanuka stands. [9] P. marginata has been collected and reared from litter beneath Leucopogon fasciculatus . [8]

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