| Tingena terrena | |
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| Male holotype | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. terrena |
| Binomial name | |
| Tingena terrena | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Tingena terrena is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. [2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago. The adults of this species are on the wing in December.
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using specimens collected on the lower slopes of Ben Lomond in Queenstown in December. [3] Philpott originally named the species Borkhausenia terrena. [3] In that publication Philpott also studied and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species. [3] George Hudson discussed this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand as a synonym of B. melanamma. [4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena. [2] The male holotype specimen is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection. [2]
Philpott described this species as follows:
13–15 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax greyish-brown. Antennae greyish-brown spotted with whitish. Abdomen brown, segmental divisions lead-coloured. Legs greyish-brown, posterior pair mixed with whitish. Forewings elongate, not posteriorly dilated, costa almost straight, sub-sinuate at middle, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique; greyish-brown, rather darker apically: fringes concolorous with wings. Hind-wings and fringes fuscous-brown. [3]
This species is very similar in appearance to T. melanamma but can be distinguished as it has no markings on its forewings and the contours of its forewings are also different. [3]
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago. [1] [3]
Tingena afflicta is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Tingena anaema is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected at Lake Wakatipu, Invercargill and Stewart Island / Rakiura. The adults of the species are on the wing in December.
Tingena brachyacma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in the south of the South Island. This species inhabits open swamps, native forest and scrubland and has been collected amongst Leptospermum. The adults of the species are on the wing in November and December.
Tingena clarkei is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North and South Island. This species is on the wing from November until February and inhabits open scrubland or native forest. This species is similar in appearance to Trachypepla photinella.
Tingena enodis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in and around Nelson. This species can only be reliably distinguished from its close relatives through the different shape of its male genitalia. As at 1939 a female specimen had yet to be assigned to this species.
Tingena fenestrata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. This species has been observed in native forest habitat in December.
Tingena horaea is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and have been observed in both the North and South Islands. The adults are on the wing in January.
Tingena innotella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in both the North and South Islands. This species inhabits open native forest or scrubland and adults are on the wing from December to March. T. innotella appears to have an affinity for the silver tree fern.
Tingena laudata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland and Otago. Adults of this species are on the wing in January.
Tingena letharga is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago. Adults are on the wing in December and January.
Tingena levicula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Tingena melanamma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Marlborough, Otago and Southland.
Tingena morosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found in the South Island in Nelson including at the Dun Mountain and in the Canterbury region. This species inhabits native forest at altitudes from 2000 to 3000 ft. Adults of this species are on the wing in December.
Tingena opaca is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the southern parts of the South Island. Adults of this species are on the wing in December.
Tingena paula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury. Adults of this species are on the wing in November.
Tingena seclusa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Canterbury and Otago regions. The larvae of this species are litter leaf feeders and the adults of this species are on the wing from December to February.
Tingena serena is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Southland and Dunedin. The adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.
Tingena sinuosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington and at Tongariro. Adults of this species are on the wing in December.
Tingena xanthodesma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Southland, the Otago region, and on Kapiti Island. This species inhabits native forest and is on the wing from November to February.
Trachypepla angularis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected at Lake Rotoroa in the Nelson Lakes National Park in January. This species inhabits mixed native forest.
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