Glaphyrarcha

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Glaphyrarcha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Carposinidae
Genus:
Glaphyrarcha

Species:
G. euthrepta
Binomial name
Glaphyrarcha euthrepta
Meyrick, 1938[2]

Glaphyrarcha is a genus of moths in the family Carposinidae. It contains only one species Glaphyrarcha euthrepta. This species is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy[]

G. euthrepta was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938 using material collected at Arthur's Pass by Mr R. Scott.[1][3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] The holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.[1]

Description[]

G. euthrepta has a wingspan of about 43 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are ochreous-brown and the face is pale ochreous. The forewings are very elongate-triangular, the costa moderately arched, the apex obtuse and the termen rather obliquely rounded. They are brownish-ochreous with some scattered extremely minute fuscous specks. There is a short fuscous darker-irrorated (sprinkled) streak running along the base of the costa and a small dark fuscous dot in the disc. There is also a fuscous dot at end of the cell and two or three indistinct dots of dark fuscous irroration towards the termen in the middle as well as a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots or marks. The hindwings and cilia are grey-whitish.[3]

Distribution[]

G. euthrepta is endemic to New Zealand.[2][5] It has been collected at Arthur's Pass.[1]

Biology and behaviour[]

This species is attracted to light and the holotype was originally collected by Scott after it entered his house at night.[4] G. euthrepta is on the wing in early November.[4] G. euthrepta has a typical carposinid posture at rest with its wings scarcely overlapping and held largely flat.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Dugdale, J. S. (1988). Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 14. pp. 1–264. ISBN 978-0-477-02518-8. ISSN 0111-5383 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  2. ^ a b "Glaphyrarcha euthrepta Meyrick, 1938". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  3. ^ a b Meyrick, Edward (1938). "New species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 67: 426–429.
  4. ^ a b c Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 455. OCLC 221041540. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  6. ^ Dugdale, J. S. (January 1995). "A new genus and species of New Zealand Carposinidae (Lepidoptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 22 (2): 213–216. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518036.

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