Crypsitricha pharotoma
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tineidae |
| Genus: | Crypsitricha |
| Species: | C. pharotoma |
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Crypsitricha pharotoma is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888. This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands. Adults are on the wing from September until March. They are attracted to light and can be observed on tree trunks.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 and originally named Endophthora pharotoma.[3] Meyrick placed this species in the genus Crypsitricha in 1915.[4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Crypsitricha pharotoma in his 1924 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species in 1927.[6] The male lectotype, collected by Whangārei Heads by Meyrick, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[7]
Dscription
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The wingspan is 8–10 mm. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous, and with a few dark fuscous scales, as well as a rather dark fuscous elongate-triangular blotch extending along the costa from the base to before the middle, reaching about half across the wing, marked with a black spot at the apex and three black spots on the costa. There is a blackish mark in the disc before the middle, connected with this beneath the costa, followed by an obscure ochreous-whitish bar. There is sometimes a blackish mark in the disc beyond the middle. The posterior half of the costa is obscurely dotted with whitish and dark fuscous and some dark fuscous and black scales form obscure spots on the hindmargin. The hindwings are whitish-grey.[3]
This species has been confused with Sagephora phortegella.[8]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the North and South Islands.[1][5]
Behaviour
Adults are on the wing from September until March.[9][5] Adult moths are attracted to light and can be observed resting on tree trunks.[10][5]
References
- 1 2 "Crypsitricha pharotoma (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
- ↑ 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. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute (in English and English). 20: 94. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63125188. BHL page 3746405
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - ↑ E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 235. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349. BHL page 3343218
- 1 2 3 4 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 339, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899950 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ Alfred Philpott (1927). "The Male Genitalia of the New Zealand Tineidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 93–101. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q115586743.
- ↑ Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 60. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ "Crypsitricha pharotoma". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2026-07-01.
- ↑ J. Charles Watt (September 1982). "Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 (3): 308. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350. ISSN 0303-6758. Wikidata Q54574800.
- ↑ S. C. Patterson (1930). "List of Lepidoptera of Whangarei". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 61: 561. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110876310.