Tingena perichlora

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Tingena perichlora
Tingena perichlora lectotype.jpg
Male lectotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. perichlora
Binomial name
Tingena perichlora
(Meyrick, 1907) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Borkhausenia perichloraMeyrick, 1907

Tingena perichlora is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern parts of the South Island. This species appears to inhabit manuka scrub. Adults of this species are on the wing from October to January.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1907 using specimens collected by Alfred Philpott in Invercargill in November and December and named Borkhausenia perichlora. [3] In 1915 Meyrick discussed this species under that name. [4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species and stated that he could not detect any difference in the genitalia between this species and T. chloradelpha . [5] Philpott went on to hypothesise that the two species may possibly be the northern and southern varieties of the same species as they only show difference in colour characteristics. [5] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [6] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena . [2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [2]

Description

T. perichlora illustrated by George Hudson. Fig 14 MA I437628 TePapa Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
T. perichlora illustrated by George Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 21–22 mm. Head whitish-ochreous mixed with fuscous. Palpi whitish-ochreous, irrorated throughout with rather dark fuscous. Antennae dark fuscous. Thorax dark fuscous, apical half of patagia yellow-ochreous. Abdomen grey. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded; ferruginous-brown, towards costa somewhat paler and more ochreous; a yellow-ochreous streak along dorsum from base to near tornus posteriorly whitish, upper edge triangularly indented before middle, with some blackish scales in indentation: cilia ferruginous-ochreous. Hindwings light grey, margins narrowly whitish; cilia whitish. [3]

Hudson stated that this species has considerable variations in its markings with some specimens having less developing patterns. [6]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in southern parts of the South Island including Invercargill, Dunedin and the Hunter Mountains. [1] [7] [6]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing from October to January. [6]

Habitat

This species has shown a preference for manuka scrub habitat. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN   978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC   973607714. OL   25288394M. Wikidata   Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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: 104. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 Edward Meyrick (June 1907). "Notes and descriptions of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 39: 118. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q110404133.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. 1 2 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 264, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ "Tingena perichlora". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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