Mallobathra campbellica

Mallobathra campbellica is a moth of the family Psychidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.

Mallobathra campbellica
Holotype specimen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Psychidae
Genus: Mallobathra
Species:
M. campbellica
Binomial name
Mallobathra campbellica

Taxonomy

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This species was first described by John Stewart Dugdale in 1971.[2] The female holotype specimen was collected by Guillermo Kuschel in January at Beeman Camp on Campbell Island and is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[3]

Description

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Dugdale described the larvae of this species as follows:

D setae on 1st abdominal segment on two pinacula D1 (anterior, D1, D2 posterior); SV group tri-setose above each proleg; metathoracic posterior sternal setae closer together than anterior setae.[2]

Dugdale described the adult female of this species as follows:

Head with slender yellow scales; forewings with patches of yellowish scales on a purplish brown, slightly iridescent ground, hindwings dark grey, abdomen dark grey, scent gland scales long, hair-like, crimped at mid-length, pale yellow. Length (vertex to wing tip): 7.4 mm.[2]

Distribution

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Beeman Cove, Campbell Island, type locality for M. campbellica.

This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found only on Campbell Island.[1][2][4]

Behaviour

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The adults are on the wing in December and January.[2]

Habitat

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The adults of this species inhabit sheltered clearings amongst scrub where as the larvae inhabit leaf litter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Dugdale, J. S. (10 November 1971). "Entomology of the Aucklands and other islands south of New Zealand: Lepidoptera, excluding non-crambine Pyralidae". Pacific Insects Monographs. 27: 139–141. ISSN 0078-7515. Wikidata Q64006453.
  3. ^ 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: 69. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  4. ^ Patrick, Brian (March 1994). "Antipodes Island Lepidoptera". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24 (1): 113. doi:10.1080/03014223.1994.9517457. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54583729.