Holocola dolopaea is a species of moth in the family Tortricidae.[2] It was first described in 1905 by Edward Meyrick. The species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Whangārei, Hawkes Bay, Wellington and Christchurch. This species inhabits native forest or scrub glades. Adults are on the wing from September to December and are attracted to black light. This species is regarded as being rare.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Holocola |
| Species: | H. dolopaea
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Taxonomy
editThis species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using a male specimen collected in Wellington by George Hudson and named Strepsicrates dolopaea.[3][4] Hudson discussed this species both in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand as well as in the 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, under the name Spilonota dolopaea.[5][6] The male holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]
Description
editMeyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 13 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax pale greyish-ochreous irrorated with whitish. Antennae grey, suffused with whitish above, notch at about 1⁄8 from basal joint. Abdomen pale greyish-ochreous. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen sinuate, oblique, rounded beneath, costal fold reaching 2⁄5 ; pale greyish-ochreous, irrorated witli whitish and strigulated with fuscous, posteriorly more ochreous ; an undefined patch of fuscous suffusion extending along costa from 2⁄5 to 4⁄5 ; margins of ocellus, and an angulated stria beyond it leaden-metallic : cilia pale grey irrorated with whitish. Hind-wings with 3 and 4 coincident ; whitish-grey ; cilia grey-whitish, with faint grey subbasal shade.[4]
In the original description Meyrick pointed out that this species is similar in appearance to H. zopherana but is much paler and has an absence of dark markings of the later species.[4] However in 1930 Meyrick pointed out that further specimens showed that the male has a long expansible blackish hair pencil from base lying in a dorsal fold of hindwings and that this constituted a very distinctive characteristic.[7]
Distribution
editIt is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has been observed in Whangārei, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, and Christchurch.[5][6] Both Hudson and T. H. Davies regarded this species as likely rare.[5]
Behaviour
editThe adults of this species are on the wing in September to December.[8][9] They are attracted to black light.[10]
Habitat and hosts
editThis species inhabits native forest or scrub glades.[5]
References
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- ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b "Holocola dolopaea (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
- ^ a b c 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: 116. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c Edward Meyrick (15 July 1905). "XII. Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 232–233. doi:10.1111/J.1365-2311.1905.TB02451.X. ISSN 0035-8894. Wikidata Q54553180.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b c d George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 245, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 436, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ E. Meyrick (20 December 1917). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 245–247. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109822626. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ S. C. Patterson (1930). "List of Lepidoptera of Whangarei". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 554–561. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110876310.
- ^ Stuart Lindsay (1927). "A List of the Lepidoptera of Deans's Bush, Riccarton, Canterbury". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 693–695. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111969574.
- ^ T. H. Davies (January 1973). "LIST OF LEPIDOPTERA COLLECTED IN AREAS SURROUNDING HASTINGS AND NAPIER" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 5 (2): 208. doi:10.1080/00779962.1973.9723002. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54755566. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013.
