Heterocrossa sanctimonea is a moth of the Carposinidae family first described by Charles E. Clarke in 1926.[3] It is endemic to New Zealand.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Heterocrossa |
| Species: | H. sanctimonea
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| Binomial name | |
| Heterocrossa sanctimonea | |
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Taxonomy
editThis species was first described by Charles Edwin Clarke in 1926 and originally named Carposina sanctimonea.[4][2] When describing this species, Clarke used three specimens collected at Arthur's Pass in January 1923 at an altitude of 3,500 ft (1,100 m).[4] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under that name in his publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Heterocrossa.[2] This placement was agreed with by Dr Robert J. B. Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.[3] The male holotype specimen is held in the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2][6]
Description
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The wingspan is about 23 mm (0.91 in). The head is whitish, the thorax grey-white, the antennae whitish and the abdomen pale grey. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex bluntly acute and the termen almost straight. They are pale grey-white with cloudy markings of dark fuscous. The hindwings are pale grey-white.[4] This species can be distinguished from other species within its genus by its mostly white colouring and that it is larger in size.[5]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected at Arthur's Pass.[1]
References
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- ^ a b "Heterocrossa sanctimonea (Clarke, 1926)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
- ^ a b c d John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 131. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c Charles Edwin Clarke (12 July 1926). "New species of Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 418. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111890115.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ Arthur William Baden Powell (1941). "Biological Primary Types in the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 2: 239–259. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905985. Wikidata Q58676616.
