Pectinivalva quintiniae

Last updated

Pectinivalva quintiniae
Pectinivalva quintiniae female.jpg
Female
Pectinivalva quintiniae male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Pectinivalva
Species:
P. quintiniae
Binomial name
Pectinivalva quintiniae
Hoare & Van Nieukerken, 2013

Pectinivalva quintiniae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern New South Wales (Border Ranges National Park) and southern Queensland (Lamington National Park).

Contents

The wingspan is 4.7–4.8 mm for males and 5.0–5.8 mm for females. The thorax, tegulae and forewings are uniform shining fuscous with strong blue to violet reflections. The hindwings are grey. [1]

The larvae feed on Quintinia verdonii . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, meandering gallery, with central line of blackish frass taking up most of mine width except near the end where the gallery broadens and the frass takes up only half of the width. The exit-hole is located on the underside and has the form of a semicircular to oval hole. Pupation takes place in a reddish-brown cocoon.

Etymology

The specific name is derived from the hostplant genus.

Related Research Articles

<i>Acalyptris pistaciae</i> Species of moth

Acalyptris pistaciae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the eastern Mediterranean region, where it is widespread in Greece, Cyprus and Turkey. It is probably also present in Syria and Lebanon. Mines collected in Israel in 1931 and identified as Simplimorpha promissa may also belong to be this species.

Stigmella gimmonella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Hokkaido in Japan.

Pectinivalva caenodora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva commoni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.

Pectinivalva endocapna is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-western coast of Western Australia.

Pectinivalva melanotis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva libera is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the southeastern coast of New South Wales.

Pectinivalva primigena is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of New South Wales, Australia.

Pectinivalva trepida is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found along the south-eastern coast of Victoria.

Pectinivalva warburtonensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia.

<i>Trifurcula subnitidella</i> Species of moth

Trifurcula subnitidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in Europe southward to the northern border of the Sahara in Tunisia and eastward to the Crimea and Asia minor.

<i>Parafomoria pseudocistivora</i> Species of moth

Parafomoria pseudocistivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is probably found in the whole Mediterranean region.

Stigmella montanotropica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in tropical montane forest on the western slopes on the Andes in Ecuador.

<i>Pectinivalva mystaconota</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva mystaconota is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is known from scattered localities in eastern Australia from Wellington, New South Wales south to Mount Nelson, Hobart, Tasmania.

<i>Pectinivalva brevipalpa</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva brevipalpa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.

<i>Pectinivalva minotaurus</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva minotaurus is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva scotodes</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva scotodes is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales and southern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva acmenae</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva acmenae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in New South Wales.

<i>Pectinivalva tribulatrix</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva tribulatrix is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in northern Queensland.

<i>Pectinivalva xenadelpha</i> Species of moth

Pectinivalva xenadelpha is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Borneo, east Kalimantan.

References


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.