Tathorhynchus

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Tathorhynchus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Genus: Tathorhynchus
Hampson, 1894
Species:
T. exsiccata
Binomial name
Tathorhynchus exsiccata
(Lederer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Tathorhyncus fallax
  • Spintherops exsiccata
  • Scopula vinctalis
  • Scopula exsiccatus
  • Platysenta angustiorata
  • Platysenta exsiccatus
  • Tathorhyncus greuteri
  • Tathorhynchus exsiccatus
  • Tarthorhynchus exsiccata
  • Lygephila exsiccata

Tathorhynchus is a monotypic moth genus in the family Erebidae erected by George Hampson in 1894. [1] Its only species, Tathorhynchus exsiccata, the Levant blackneck or double-spotted snout, was first described by Julius Lederer in 1855. The nominate form is found on the Canary Islands and in North Africa, tropical Asia and tropical Africa. It has been introduced in Dominica and Argentina. Subspecies Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax is found in the northern half of Australia, as well as Norfolk Island and New Zealand.

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Taxonomy

This species was transferred to Lygephila exsiccata by Goater et al. in 2003, but was returned to TathorhynchusHampson by Fibiger and Hacker in 2005.

Technical description and variation

T. exsiccata Led. (= vinctalis Walk.) Forewing whitish, thickly suffused with grey brown, darker towards termen; the orbicular and reniform stigmata marked by pale spots separated by a black dash; another beyond reniform; outer line pale preceded by black marks; a terminal row of black lunules; hindwing greyish white, darker terminally. [2]

The wingspan is about 40 mm. [3]

Subspecies

Biology

The larvae of the nominate form feed on Indigofera tinctoria , Medicago sativa and Spartium junceum . The larvae of Tathorhynchus exsiccata fallax probably feed on Medicago sativa .

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References

  1. Pitkin, Brian & Jenkins, Paul (November 5, 2004). "Tathorhynchus Hampson, 1894". Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum, London . Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  2. Warren. W. in Seitz, A. Ed., 1914 Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde, Verlag Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart Band 3: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen eulenartigen Nachtfalter, 1914PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. Herbison-Evans, Don & Crossley, Stella (8 October 2018). "Tathorhynchus fallax Swinhoe, 1902 Double-spotted Snout". Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths. Retrieved 3 December 2019.