Tingena melanamma
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. melanamma
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| Binomial name | |
| Tingena melanamma | |
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Tingena melanamma is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Marlborough, Otago and Southland.
Taxonomy[edit]
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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using specimens collected by J. H. Lewis in Ida Valley, Otago and named Borkhausenia melanamma.[3] In 1915 Meyrick discussed this species under the name Borkhausenia melanamma.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed and illustrated the genitalia of the male of this species however the genitalia of the lectotype of this species differs from Philpott's illustration.[5][2] In 1928 George Hudson also 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] In the same publication Dugdale synonymised Borkhausenia sabulosa with T. melanamma as the holotype of B. sabulosa and the lectotype of T. melanamma are indistinguishable.[2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description[edit]
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 12-14 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax grey irrorated with white. Antennae, dark grey ringed with whitish, ciliations 1. Abdomen grey, more or less mixed with ochreous-yellowish. Fore-wings lanceolate, costa bent at 1⁄3; fuscous, irrorated with white, with a few scattered dark fuscous scales ; four oblique fasciae of dark fuscous irroration from costa at base, 1⁄3, 2⁄5, and 5⁄6 indicated or obsolete : cilia light fuscous, some irroration and tips whitish. Hind-wings grey; cilia light grey, with darker basal shade.[3]
This species is very similar in appearance to T. siderodita but has a grey appearance and lacks the ochreous-yellow colouring and the paler hindwings of the latter species.[6]
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Otago and Southland.[1][4] This species has also been observed in coastal habitats in Marlborough.[7]
Behaviour[edit]
Adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.[6] The larvae of this species feed on leaf litter.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d e f John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Edward Meyrick (15 July 1905). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 240–241. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q54553180.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 262, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (August 2001). Cloudy Bay Coastal Habitats: Entomological Values of the Foreshore and Associated Inland Habitats (PDF). Vol. 49. Department of Conservation. pp. 1–19. ISBN 0-478-22083-9. ISSN 0113-3853. Wikidata Q110338931.
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