Tingena oxyina

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Tingena oxyina
Tingena oxyina lectotype.jpg
Male lectotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. oxyina
Binomial name
Tingena oxyina
(Meyrick, 1883) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Cremnogenes oxyinaMeyrick, 1883
  • Borkhausenia oxyina(Meyrick, 1883)

Tingena oxyina is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Otago region. This species inhabits native beech forest at altitudes of between 1000 - 3000 ft. Adults of this species are on the wing in January.

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Taxonomy

Lake Wakatipu, type locality of T. oxyina. Lake Wakatipu-HD.jpg
Lake Wakatipu, type locality of T. oxyina.

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 using specimens collected at Lake Wakatipu and named Cremnogenes oxyina. [3] [4] Meyrick went on to give a more detailed description in 1884. [4] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the Borkhausenia genus. [5] In 1926 Alfred Philpott studied the genitalia of the male of this species. [6] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. oxyina in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [7] The illustration by George Hudson, as figured below, was regarded by J. S. Dugdale as a pale representation of the species. [2] In 1988 Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. [2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

Illustration of T. osyina by George Hudson. Fit 6 MA I437907 TePapa Plate-XLVI-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of T. osyina by George Hudson.

Meyrick first described this species as follows:

Fore wings in male dark fuscous mixed with ferruginous, in female reddish-ochreous, sometimes with a pale indented dorsal streak, a spot beneath fold and discal dot blackish ; hind wings dark fuscous. [3]

Meyrick gave a more detailed description as follows:

Male, female.— 13–15 mm (0.5–0.6 in). Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, slightly ochreous-tinged ; thorax with a small sharply-defined ochreous-whitish lateral spot. Legs dark fuscous-grey. Forewings in male elongate, in female rather shorter, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, extremely oblique ; dark fuscous, mixed and suffused with reddish-ochreous or ferruginous, in female almost wholly reddish-ochreous, becoming deeper along fold ; an ochreous-whitish, often indistinct or obsolete, streak along inner margin from base to 3⁄4, attenuated posteriorly, upper margin deeply dentate before middle, indentation filled with a small black spot ; a dark fuscous dot in disc beyond middle, in male obscure ; a curved transverse dark fuscous line near hindmargin, often obsolete : cilia in male ferruginous mixed with dark fuscous, in female reddish-ochreous, lighter towards tips. Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; with a dark fuscous line near base. [4]

Meyrick stated that this species could be distinguished from its close relatives by its reddish-ochreous colouring and that the female of this species was very similar in appearance to the larger T. phegophylla . [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Otago region. [1] [3] [8]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing in January. [4]

Habitat

This species has been observed in Nothofagus solandri dominant native beech forest at altitudes of between 1000 - 3000 ft. [4]

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References

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  6. ↑ Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 399–413. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110157185.
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