Glaphyrarcha is a genus of moths of the family Carposinidae.[3] It contains only one species Glaphyrarcha euthrepta. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the North and South Islands in the Waikato region and at Arthur's Pass. Adults are on the wing in October and November and are attracted to light. When at rest the adults of this species hold their wings scarcely overlapping and largely flat.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Carposinidae |
| Genus: | Glaphyrarcha Meyrick, 1938[2] |
| Species: | G. euthrepta
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| Glaphyrarcha euthrepta Meyrick, 1938[1]
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Taxonomy
editG. euthrepta was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938 using material collected at Arthur's Pass by Mr R. Scott.[2][4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] The female holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.[2]
Description
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G. euthrepta has a wingspan of about 43 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are ochreous-brown and the face is pale ochreous. The forewings are very elongate-triangular, the costa moderately arched, the apex obtuse and the termen rather obliquely rounded. They are brownish-ochreous with some scattered extremely minute fuscous specks. There is a short fuscous darker-irrorated (sprinkled) streak running along the base of the costa and a small dark fuscous dot in the disc. There is also a fuscous dot at end of the cell and two or three indistinct dots of dark fuscous irroration towards the termen in the middle as well as a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots or marks. The hindwings and cilia are grey-whitish.[4]
Distribution
editG. euthrepta is endemic to New Zealand.[1][3] It has been observed in both the North and South Islands having been collected at Arthur's Pass and at Manaia in the Waikato region.[2][6]
Biology and behaviour
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This species is attracted to light and the holotype was originally collected by Scott after it entered his house at night.[5] G. euthrepta is on the wing in late October and early November.[6][5] G. euthrepta has a typical carposinid posture at rest with its wings scarcely overlapping and held largely flat.[7]
References
edit- ^ a b "Glaphyrarcha euthrepta Meyrick, 1938". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- ^ 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: 130. 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 Edward Meyrick (1938). "New Species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 67: 428–429. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89182470.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 455, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b "Glaphyrarcha euthrepta". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- ^ J. S. Dugdale (January 1995). "A new genus and species of New Zealand Carposinidae (Lepidoptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 22 (2): 213–216. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518036. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54576384.
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