Harmologa oblongana
| Harmologa oblongana | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Harmologa |
| Species: | H. oblongana
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| Binomial name | |
| Harmologa oblongana | |
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Harmologa oblongana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863 using a female specimen collected in Nelson by T. R. Huxley and named Teras oblongana.[2][3] In the same publication Walker, thinking he was naming a new species, named this moth Teras inaptana. George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Harmologa oblongana in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1930 Alfred Philpott, thinking he was describing a new species, named this moth Tortrix indomita. Hudson went on to discuss and illustrate the larvae of this species in his 1950 book Fragments of New Zealand entomology.[5] The female holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]
Description
The forewings are ochreous whitish, suffused with brownish ochreous and fuscous grey along the margins. The costa and inner margin are strigulated (finely streaked) with dark fuscous and there is a distinct dark fuscous-grey basal patch, often mixed with ochreous. The hindwings are whitish grey, tinged with ochreous and spotted with dark grey. The apex is dark grey.[6]
The male of this species is usually very dull looking, and it's wing-markings are often very indefinite, however the female is more distinctly marked.[5]
Habitat and hosts
Larvae of this species have been collected from spun up leaves of Discaria toumatou.[5]
References
- ^ tortricidae.com
- ^ Francis Walker (1863), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part XXVIII. - Tortricites and Tineites, London, pp. 303=304, Wikidata Q109352878
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 124. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 239, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1950), Fragments of New Zealand entomology. - a popular account of all New Zealand cicadas. The natural history of the New Zealand glow-worm. A second supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand and notes on many other native insects., Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 105, Wikidata Q107693053 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.