Wiseana is a genus of ghost moths, collectively known as porina,[1] of the family Hepialidae. There are seven described species, all endemic to New Zealand.[2] Some species of this genus are a major pest in New Zealand exotic pastures.[1][3] It is impossible to distinguish species at the larval/caterpillar stage without DNA technology, however adult porina moth species can be visually distinguished.[3]
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| Wiseana cervinata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hepialidae |
| Genus: | Wiseana Viette, 1961 |
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The genus was first identified by Pierre Viette in 1961, who recognised a distinction between the New Zealand members of the genus Oxycanus and those occurring in Australia and New Guinea.[4]
Species
edit- Wiseana cervinata (Walker, 1865)
- Recorded food plants: Trifolium, various grasses.
- Wiseana copularis (Meyrick, 1912)
- Wiseana fuliginea (Butler, 1879)
- Wiseana jocosa (Meyrick, 1912)
- Larva feeds on grasses
- Wiseana mimica (Philpott, 1923)
- Wiseana signata (Walker, 1856)
- Larva feeds on grasses
- Wiseana umbraculata (Guenée, 1868)
- Larva feeds on grasses
References
edit- ^ a b Atijegbe, Sylvester Richard (2019). Niche differentiation within the Wiseana (porina) species complex: pasture pests of New Zealand (PhD thesis). Lincoln University. hdl:10182/10894.
- ^ Grehan, J.R.; Mielke, C.G.C.; Turner, J.R.G.; Nielsen, S.E. (2023). "A revised world catalogue of ghost moths (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae), with taxonomic and biological annotations". ZooNova. 27: 1–313.
- ^ a b "AgPest » Porina". Retrieved 2021-12-21.
- ^ Viette, P.E.L. (1961). "Notes on some synonyms or preoccupied names in the Lepidoptera". The Entomologist. 94: 38–39. ISSN 0013-8878. Wikidata Q127586923.
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