Tingena oxyina

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Tingena oxyina
Tingena oxyina lectotype.jpg
Male lectotype
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Tingena
Species:
T. oxyina
Binomial name
Tingena oxyina
(Meyrick, 1883)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cremnogenes oxyina Meyrick, 1883
  • Borkhausenia oxyina (Meyrick, 1883)

Tingena oxyina is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Otago region. This species inhabits native beech forest at altitudes of between 1000 - 3000 ft. Adults of this species are on the wing in January.

Taxonomy[]

Lake Wakatipu, type locality of T. oxyina.

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1883 using specimens collected at Lake Wakatipu and named Cremnogenes oxyina.[3][4] Meyrick went on to give a more detailed description in 1884.[4] In 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the Borkhausenia genus.[5] In 1926 Alfred Philpott studied the genitalia of the male of this species.[6] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. oxyina in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[7] The illustration by George Hudson, as figured below, was regarded by as a pale representation of the species.[2] In 1988 Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena.[2] The male lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description[]

Illustration of T. osyina by George Hudson.

Meyrick first described this species as follows:

Fore wings in male dark fuscous mixed with ferruginous, in female reddish-ochreous, sometimes with a pale indented dorsal streak, a spot beneath fold and discal dot blackish ; hind wings dark fuscous.[3]

Meyrick gave a more detailed description as follows:

Male, female.— 13–15 mm (0.5–0.6 in). Head, palpi, antennae, thorax, and abdomen dark fuscous, slightly ochreous-tinged ; thorax with a small sharply-defined ochreous-whitish lateral spot. Legs dark fuscous-grey. Forewings in male elongate, in female rather shorter, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, hindmargin slightly sinuate, extremely oblique ; dark fuscous, mixed and suffused with reddish-ochreous or ferruginous, in female almost wholly reddish-ochreous, becoming deeper along fold ; an ochreous-whitish, often indistinct or obsolete, streak along inner margin from base to 3⁄4, attenuated posteriorly, upper margin deeply dentate before middle, indentation filled with a small black spot ; a dark fuscous dot in disc beyond middle, in male obscure ; a curved transverse dark fuscous line near hindmargin, often obsolete : cilia in male ferruginous mixed with dark fuscous, in female reddish-ochreous, lighter towards tips. Hindwings dark fuscous-grey ; with a dark fuscous line near base.[4]

Meyrick stated that this species could be distinguished from its close relatives by its reddish-ochreous colouring and that the female of this species was very similar in appearance to the larger T. phegophylla.[4]

Distribution[]

This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Otago region.[1][3][8]

Behaviour[]

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

Habitat[]

This species has been observed in Nothofagus solandri dominant native beech forest at altitudes of between 1000 - 3000 ft.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 104. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 July 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Edward Meyrick (September 1883). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera.—III.—Oecophoridae". New Zealand Journal of Science. 1: 525. Wikidata Q106368126.
  4. ^ a b c d e f Edward Meyrick (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. III. Oecophoridae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 16: 45–46. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63976486.
  5. ^ E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 213. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349.
  6. ^ Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 56: 399–413. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q110157185.
  7. ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 267, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  8. ^ "Tingena oxyina". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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