Proditrix megalynta

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Proditrix megalynta
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Plutellidae
Genus: Proditrix
Species:
P. megalynta
Binomial name
Proditrix megalynta
(Meyrick, 1915) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Plutella megalyntaMeyrick, 1915
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Illustration by George Hudson

Proditrix megalynta is a species of moth in the family Glyphipterigidae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1915. [1] It is endemic to New Zealand.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1915 using a specimen collected by George Howes in Otago or Southland in November and named Plutella megalynta. [3] [4]

Description

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 34 mm. Head ochreous-whitish, sides of crown dark brown, hairs projecting on forehead. Palpi ochreous-whitish, second joint brownish-ochreous except apical edge, tuft long, rough, terminal joint much shorter than second. Antennae whitish-ochreous, ciliation 1 , basal joint dark brown, without flap of scales. Thorax brown, with broad ochreous-whitish dorsal stripe and dark- fuscous stripe on each side of it. Abdomen whitish-grey-ochreous. Forewings elongate, rather narrow, posteriorly slightly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen nearly straight, rather oblique ; pale brownish-ochreous, more brownish-tinged in disc and towards dorsum, obscurely streaked with ochreous-whitish suffusion between veins ; a narrow ochreous-white dorsal streak from base to 2⁄3, edged above with dark-fuscous suffusion anteriorly ; an irregular brownish median longitudinal streak from middle of disc to termen, with some blackish scales in longitudinal lines ; some dark-brown dots round posterior part of costa and termen : cilia light-brownish, at apex and on costa ochreous-whitish. Hindwings with 3 and 4 approximated at base ; ochreous - grey - whitish : cilia concolorous. [3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [1] [2]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are attracted to light. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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.
  2. 1 2 "Proditrix megalynta (Meyrick, 1915)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
  3. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (1915). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 203–204. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110745619.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ 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: 75. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  5. ↑ Mae, Saryu (2025-03-02). "Proditrix megalynta". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2025-03-05.


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