Proditrix chionochloae

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Proditrix chionochloae
Proditrix chionochloae holotype.png
Holotype
Status NZTCS D.svg
Declining (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Plutellidae
Genus:
Proditrix
Species:
P. chionochloae
Binomial name
Proditrix chionochloae
Dugdale, 1987 [2]

Proditrix chionochloae is a species of moth in the family Glyphipterigidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "At Risk, Declining'" by the Department of Conservation.

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Taxonomy

P. chionochloae was described by John S. Dugdale in 1987 using specimens collected by him at the Pouakai Range in Taranaki. [3] [4] The holotype specimen is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. [4]

Description

Both the male and female adults have wings and their wingspan is 25mm. [3] This moth is similar in appearance to Proditrix megalynta with its buff coloured body and legs but P. chionochloae have a greater number of dark spots on the top of their wings. [3] P. chionochloae can also be distinguished as its genital characteristics are different from P. megalynta and they have a longer third segment of the labial palpi. [3]

Pouakai Range Pouakai Range, New Zealand, February 2016 05.JPG
Pouakai Range

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [5] It can only be found in Taupo and Taranaki at the Pouakai Range. [6] [3]

Host plant

Chionochloa rubra Chionochloa rubra in Burwood Bush Scientific Reserve 02.jpg
Chionochloa rubra

The host plant of this species is Chionochloa rubra . [3]

Conservation status

This moth is classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being "At Risk, Declining". [1] One of the reasons for this classification is that the host plant of this species is being invaded by heather in Taupo localities. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015 (PDF). Wellington, New Zealand: New Zealand Department of Conservation. p. 7. ISBN   9781988514383.
  2. 1 2 "Proditrix chionochloae Dugdale, 1987". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 13 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dugdale, J. S. (1987). "Proditrix, a new genus for Titanomis tetragona Hudson and Plutella megalynta Meyrick and allies (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae), shoot destroyers of Monocotyledones". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 14: 99–112. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1987.10422687 .
  4. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  5. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
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