Heterocrossa cryodana is a species of moth in the family Carposinidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the southern parts of the South Island as well as at Codfish Island / Whenua Hou. This moth is associated with plants in the Leptospermum genus. Adults are on the wing from September until January.
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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. cryodana
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| Heterocrossa cryodana | |
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Taxonomy
editThis species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 using material collected in Dunedin and named Heterocrossa cryodana.[3][4] In 1922 Meyrick synonymised Heterocrossa with Carposina.[5][6] George Hudson, in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand, discusses this species under the name Carposina cryodana.[7] Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species in 1928.[8] In 1978 Elwood Zimmerman argued that the genus Heterocrassa should not be a synonym of Carposina as the genitalia of the species within the genus Heterocrassa are distinctive.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned the species back to the genus Heterocrossa.[2] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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This species was described by Meyrick as follows:
Male, female. — 16-17 mm. Head and thorax white, slightly speckled with grey. Palpi in male moderate, in female long; lower half dark fuscous, upper half white. Antennae whitish. Abdomen and legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle pair dark fuscous except apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, tolerably oblong, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique; white, densely irrorated with pale fuscous-grey; a short black streak from base beneath costa; tufts preceded by a few black scales; sometimes a thick irregular blackish longitudinal streak in disc, extending from 1⁄4—2⁄3; cilia white, densely irrorated with pale grey. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia whitish.[4]
This species can be distinguished from other species in the same genus by the short black subcostal streak.[4]
Distribution
editThis species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][9] It has been collected in Dunedin and Invercargill and Codfish Island / Whenua Hou.[7][10]
Biology and behaviour
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This species is on the wing in September until January.[7][11][12] It is associated with Leptospermum species.[7] Larvae of the species have been found on fruits.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "Heterocrossa cryodana Meyrick, 1885". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
- ^ a b c Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–269. ISBN 0477025188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1885). "Tortricina (supplementary). Additions to former paper. Abstract". New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin). 2: 348–349 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b c Edward Meyrick (May 1885). "Art. XIII. — Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 148–149. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110920492.
- ^ a b Zimmerman, Elwood (1978). Insects of Hawaii. Vol. 9. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press. p. 797. hdl:10125/7338. ISBN 9780824804879.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1922). "Lepidoptera Heterocera Fam. Carposinidiae". Genera Insectorum. fasc.176–180: 1–235 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ a b c d George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 217, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Philpott, Alfred (1928). "The male genitalia of the New Zealand Carposinidae" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 476–480.
- ^ 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 Brian H. Patrick (1997). "Codfish Island moths" (PDF). The Wētā. 20: 17–20. ISSN 0111-7696. Wikidata Q110875754. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 October 2008.
- ^ Alan Emmerson; Robert Hoare (28 October 2019). "Lepidoptera from Redvale, Albany, north of Auckland, New Zealand, 2004-2016: an annotated list". The Wētā. 53: 43–70. ISSN 0111-7696. Wikidata Q105342215.
- ^ "Heterocrossa cryodana". iNaturalist. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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