Euchersadaula lathriopa

Euchersadaula lathriopa is a moth of the family Oecophoridae.[3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905.[2][4] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Euchersadaula lathriopa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Euchersadaula
Species:
E. lathriopa
Binomial name
Euchersadaula lathriopa
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Trachypepla lathriopa Meyrick, 1905

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using specimens collected in Wellington, Nelson and the Mount Arthur plateau in January.[4]

Description

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Meyrick described this species was described as follows:

♂. 14-16 mm. Head and thorax brown. Palpi brownish-ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous, extreme tips of second and terminal joints whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, ciliations 1+12, even. Abdomen rather dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; light reddish-fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with brown and dark fuscous ; edge of basal patch indicated by a very obscure pale acutely angulated narrow fascia ; stigmata dark fuscous, very undefined, plical rather obliquely beyond first discal ; a subterminal series of undefined dark fuscous dots, indented beneath costa ; a series of undefined dark fuscous dots along posterior part of costa and termen : cilia whitish-fuscous, tinged with reddish, with a grey postmedian shade. Hind-wings dark fuscous, lighter towards base ; cilia grey, with dark grey basal shade.[4]

Distribution

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This species is found throughout the North Island and as far south as Christchurch in the South Island.[5]

Habitat

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This species inhabits native forest.[5]

Behaviour

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Adult moths are on the wing in January.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Euchersadaula lathriopa (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. ^ a b 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: 91. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c Edward Meyrick (15 July 1905). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 237. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q54553180.
  5. ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 273, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286