Tingena melinella
| Tingena melinella | |
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| Male holotype | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. melinella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tingena melinella | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tingena melinella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Nelson and Canterbury.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Felder & Rogenhofer in 1875 and named Oecophora melinella.[3] Felder & Rogenhofer used a specimen collected by T. R. Oxley in Nelson.[2] George Hudson did not mention this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[2] However he did discuss the subsequently synonymised species Borkhausenia freta.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena. In the same publication Dugdale synonymised Borkhausenia freta with T. melinella.[2] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Hudson, describing the species B. freta, since synonymised with T. melinella, as follows:
The expansion of the wings is slightly under 5⁄8 inch … has the head, anterior portions of thorax and extreme base of costa, blackish-brown; the fore-wings are also deeper yellow.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been observed in Nelson and in Canterbury.[2][5][6]
References
- ^ 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 g 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: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Wüllerstorf-Urbair, Bernhard (1875). Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Vol. 2. Wien: Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei; in Commission bei K. Gerold's Sohn. pp. Taf. CXXXIX.
- ^ a b Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 264, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ Hooson, Scott (27 January 2015). "Christchurch District Plan. Site of Ecological Significance. Lake Forsyth North Side" (PDF). districtplan.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Hamish J. H. Patrick; Mike H. Bowie; Barry W. Fox; Brian H. Patrick (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36. doi:10.26021/583. ISSN 0113-7492. Wikidata Q97665452.