Trachypepla indolescens

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Trachypepla indolescens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Trachypepla
Species:
T. indolescens
Binomial name
Trachypepla indolescens
Meyrick, 1927 [1]

Trachypepla importuna is a moth of the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1927. [2] This moth is regarded as having been introduced to New Zealand and is presumed to be native to Australia. T. importuna has been collected in both the North and South Islands of New Zealand. It inhabits native scrub and adults are on the wing in January and February. The placement of this species in the genus Trachypepla is regarded as being unsatisfactory and in need of revision.

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Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1927 using a male specimen collected by George Hudson in the suburb of Karori in Wellington. [3] [1] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand. [4] The male holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London. [1] The classification of this moth within the genus Trachypepla is regarded as unsatisfactory and in need of revision. [5] As such this species is currently also known as Trachypepla (s.l.) indolescens. [6]

Description

Illustration of male by Hudson. Fig 14 MA I437911 TePapa Plate-L-The-butterflies full (cropped).jpg
Illustration of male by Hudson.

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂ 18 mm. Head white. Palpi white, second joint grey except apex, terminal joint grey anteriorly. Antennal ciliations 1. Thorax light grey, sides of metathorax and patagia except shoulders white. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen very obliquely rounded; brownish-grey; a rather narrow suffused white angulated fascia about ⅓ stigmata forming small cloudy dark fuscous spots, plical hardly beyond first discal, these adjoining preceding fascia; a broad suffused white fascia preceding second discal, in disc extended anteriorly by broad white suffusion to touch stigmata; beyond this the posterior area suffused white except a line of ground colour from costa at 2/3 to tornus, excurved in disc and indented towards costa; a marginal series of triangular dark fuscous dots round posterior part of costa and termen: cilia fuscous-whitish. Hindwings light grey; cilia ochreous-whitish. [3]

Distribution

T. importuna, although first described from a specimen collected in New Zealand, is regarded as originating from Australia. [5] [7] In New Zealand, this species has been collected in both the North and South Islands. [8]

Habitat

This species inhabits native scrub. [9]

Behaviour

Adults of this species are on the wing in January and February. [4] [8]

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References

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  3. 1 2 E. Meyrick (1927). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 697–702. ISSN   1176-6158. Wikidata   Q109466895.
  4. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 286, LCCN   88133764, OCLC   25449322, Wikidata   Q58593286 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  5. 1 2 Robert J. B. Hoare (24 December 2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. 54. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.54. ISSN   0111-5383. OCLC   946510444. Wikidata   Q44994400. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2021.
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  8. 1 2 "Trachypepla indolescens Meyrick, 1927". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  9. ↑ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 449, OCLC   9742724, Wikidata   Q109420935 {{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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