Tingena apertella

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Tingena apertella
Tingena apertella lectotype.jpg
Female lectotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. apertella
Binomial name
Tingena apertella
(Walker, 1864) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Oecophora apertellaWalker, 1864
  • Borkhausenia apertella(Walker, 1864)

Tingena apertella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in both the North and South Islands. Adults are on the wing from November to January and the species is common in beech forests at approximately 2000 ft. At rest on the ground this species appears very similar to a yellow beech leaf.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1864 and named Oecophora apanthes using specimens collected by T. R. Oxley in Nelson. [3] [2] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the Borkhausenia genus. [4] George Hudson discussed this species under the name B. apertella in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. [2] The female lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

Male T. apertella by George Hudson. Fig 19 MA I437628 TePapa Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Male T. apertella by George Hudson.
Female T. apertella by George Hudson. Fig 20 MA I437628 TePapa Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Female T. apertella by George Hudson.

Walker described this species as follows:

Female. Golden yellow, sometimes very pale whitish beneath. Palpi slender, twice longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint shorter than the second. Abdomen cinereous, extending a little beyond the hind wings. Hind tibiae slightly incrassated. Wings elongate, moderately broad, slightly acute; fringe long. Fore wings with the exterior border very oblique ; interior border slightly concave exteriorly. Hind wings cinereous. Length of the body 4 lines ; of the wings 12 lines. [3]

Hudson described this species as follows:

The expansion of the wings is about 7⁄8 inch. The fore-wings are very deep rich yellow, sometimes clouded with orange-brown; there is a fine blackish line along the costa at the base; two discal dots at 1⁄3, often absent, and one at 2⁄3, usually very small or absent. The hind-wings are grey. [5]

This species is large in comparison to its close relatives and is very vivid yellow in colour. [5]

Distribution

It is endemic to New Zealand. [1] Specimens have been collected in the type locality Nelson, at Mount Ruapehu, in the Wellington region, at Mount Arthur, Castle Hill, Lake Wakatipu, and Invercargill. [4] This species has been listed as present at Cloud Farm, a site of ecological significance in Akaroa. [6]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing from November to January. [5]

Habitat

This species has been said to be common in beech forests at around 2000 ft. [5] Hudson states that the species is very similar in appearance to a yellow beech leaf when resting on the ground with closed wings. [5]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 99. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Francis Walker (1864), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part XXIX. - Tineites, London, p. 698, Wikidata   Q110191308 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. 1 2 E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 212. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q63123349.
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  6. ↑ Scott, Hooson (9 October 2014). "Site Significance Statement: Cloud Farm" (PDF). Christchurch City Council. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
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