Tingena robiginosa

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Tingena robiginosa
Tingena robiginosa holotype.png
Male holotype
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. robiginosa
Binomial name
Tingena robiginosa
(Philpott, 1915) [1]
Synonyms [2]
  • Borkhausenia robiginosaPhilpott, 1915

Tingena robiginosa 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. It has been observed in subalpine habitats at altitudes of between 2700 and 3500 ft amongst Hebe and Cassinia species. The adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.

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Taxonomy

Longwood Range, type locality of T. robiginosa. MA I604377 TePapa Fine-grazing-country full.jpg
Longwood Range, type locality of T. robiginosa.

This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1915 using specimens collected in the Longwood Range and the Hunter Mountains, and named Borkhausenia robiginosa. [3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Borkhausenia robiginosa in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [4] Philpott also discussed this species under the name B. robiginosa and illustrated the male genitalia. [5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena. [2] The male holotype, collected in the Longwood Range, is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. [2]

Description

Illustration of T. robiginosa by George Hudson. Fig 36 MA I437628 TePapa Plate-XXIX-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of T. robiginosa by George Hudson.

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂♀. 18-19 mm. Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous : patagiae tipped with whitish or ochreous ; antennal ciliations whorled, 3+1⁄2. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen slightly rounded, oblique : dark shining ferruginous with some ochreous admixture : a reddish-ochreous patch on dorsum at base ; a semi-oval ochreous patch, tinged with reddish and margined with white above, on dorsum at middle : cilia dark ferruginous. Hindwings dark fuscous : cilia dark fuscous with darker basal line. The single ♀ taken has the forewings entirely pale ochreous except that the median dorsal patch is indicated by a broad margin of ferruginous. [3]

This species is similar in appearance to its close relative T. basella but can be distinguished by the differences in the antennae of these species. [4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Longwood Range, in the Hunter Mountains, in the Otago Lakes area, in Fiordland, and at Arthur's Pass. [1] [6] [7] [8] [9]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing in December and January. [4]

Habitat

This species has been found in subalpine habitats at altitudes ranging from 2700 ft up to 3,500 ft amongst Hebe and Cassinia species. [3] [4]


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References

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  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: 105. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN   0111-5383. Wikidata   Q45083134.
  3. 1 2 3 Alfred Philpott (12 July 1915). "Descriptions of new species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 200. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q66084596.
  4. 1 2 3 4 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 268, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. ↑ 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. ↑ Alfred Philpott (1917). "A list of the Lepidoptera of Otago". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 231. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q63958657.
  7. ↑ "Tingena robiginosa". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  8. ↑ "Tingena robiginosa". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  9. ↑ "Tingena robiginosa". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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