Heterocrossa ignobilis
Heterocrossa ignobilis is a species of moth in the family Carposinidae, endemic to New Zealand.
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Carposinidae |
Genus: | Heterocrossa |
Species: | H. ignobilis |
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Taxonomy
This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 using material he collected at Governor's Bush, Mount Cook and named Carposina ignobilis.[2][3] George Hudson discussed this species under that name in 1939 in A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1978 Elwood Zimmerman argued that the genus Heterocrassa should not be a synonym of Carposina as the genitalia of the species within the genus Heterocrassa are distinctive.[5] He proposed that endemic New Zealand species that agreed with the original type specimen of the genus Heterocrassa be assigned to that genus.[5] In 1988 Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Heterocrossa.[2] The holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.[2]
Description
The wingspan is about 16 mm.[3] The head, palpi and thorax are grey mixed with brown and the abdomen is ochreous.[3] The forewings are narrow and ochreous-grey densely irrorated (speckled) with fuscous.[3] The basal patch is indicated by blackish scales.[3] The hindwings are shining grey.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6] It has been collected in Canterbury.[3]
Biology and behaviour
This species is on the wing in January.[4]
References
- "Heterocrossa ignobilis (Philpott, 1930)". New Zealand Organisms Register (NZOR). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- Dugdale, JS (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Vol. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (New Zealand); DSIR). pp. 1–269. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISBN 0477025188. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 January 2019.
- Philpott, Alfred (1930). "The Lepidoptera of Mount Cook District, with Descriptions of New Species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 419–439.
- George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington, p. 455, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Zimmerman, Elwood (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press. p. 797. hdl:10125/7338. ISBN 9780824804879.
- 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.
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