Pseudocoremia cineracia

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Pseudocoremia cineracia
Pseudocoremia cineracia male.jpg
Male
Pseudocoremia cineracia female.jpg
Female
Status NZTCS NV.svg
Nationally Vulnerable (NZ TCS) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Pseudocoremia
Species:
P. cineracia
Binomial name
Pseudocoremia cineracia
(Howes, 1942) [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Selidosema cineraciaHowes, 1942

Pseudocoremia cineracia is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as Nationally Vulnerable by the Department of Conservation.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by George Howes in 1942 from specimens obtained at Moke Lake [4] and taken in January [5] and February. [4] Howes named it Selidosema cineracia. This name was also used when the species was discussed by George Vernon Hudson in 1950. [6] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned the species to the genus Pseudocoremia. [3] This classification of the species into Pseudocoremia is regarded as unsatisfactory. [2] As such the species is also currently known as Pseudocoremia ( s.l. ) cineracia. [2] The hototype specimen is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. [5]

Description

The larvae are coloured grey. [7]

Howes described the adult male of the species as follows:

Wing expanse, 30 mm. Head and thorax ash-grey. Antennae grey-brown. Abdomen ochreous. Forewings pale brownish- ochreous-brown. Strongly arched at base, then almost straight to apex. Termen slightly bent inwards from centre to tornus. Basal line faintly indicated by a short dark line below centre of wing, with a dark streak below centre outwardly angled towards dorsum. Claviform shows as a slight dot with a surrounding darker suffusion. Reniform faintly shown clouded with dark brown with a small dark dot in centre. Submarginal very slightly pale - the terminal line indistinct, with a terminal series of small dark dots. Cilia ochreous - very short. Veins faintly indicated in grey. Lower wings pale ochreous without markings and with a definite incurving at about one-third along termen. Cilia light ochreous and very short. Underside evenly ochreous white, the hindwings a shade lighter. No appearance of lunule. [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand. [2] [8] The species range of this moth is Mackenzie, Central Otago and Otago Lakes. [9] Other than its type locality, this species occurs at Stony Beach at Okains Bay, [10] Big Spur Creek & Cluden Stream at Cluden Station in Otago [11] and Kawarau Gorge. [7]

Biology and host species

The host species of this moth is Olearia odorata . [9] The species is attracted to sugar lures. [4] The adults are on the wing August until June with the species being more common in September. [7]

Habitat

P. cineracia inhabits montane shrublands at an altitude of between 150-850m. [7]

Conservation status

This species has been classified under the New Zealand Threat Classification system as being Nationally Vulnerable. [1] P. cineracia is classified as nationally vulnerable partially because of its reliance on its host plant which is suffering a decline as a result of habitat destruction. [7]

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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.
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  5. 1 2 "Pseudocoremia cineracia (Howes, 1942)". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
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