Gymnobathra primaria
| Gymnobathra primaria | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Gymnobathra |
| Species: | G. primaria |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnobathra primaria | |
Gymnobathra primaria is a moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2][3] It was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1928.[4] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been hypothesised that this species likely belongs to another genus.[1]
Description
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 19–21 mm. Head ochreous. Palpi and thorax ochreous mixed with fuscous. Antennae ochreous mixed with fuscous, finely serrulate, ciliations 1. Abdomen brassy, anal tuft ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous, more or less infuscated, anterior pairs almost wholly fuscous. Forewings, costa well arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; greyish-ochreous sprinkled with fuscous-black; markings fuscous-black; a small spot on base of costa continued for a short distance along costal edge; first discal spot fairly large; plical obliquely beyond first discal, small; second discal as large as first discal, usually slightly elongated in direction of tornus; five or six spots on costa between ½ and apex: fringes greyish-ochreous with obscure subbasal fuscous line. Hindwings whitish-grey, infuscated round termen and dorsum: fringes ochreous-grey with dark basal line.[4]
Philpott pointed out that this species is very similar in appearance to Gymnobathra levigata and Gymnobathra inadequa but that this species is the largest of the three.[4]
Behaviour
This species is on the wing between December and February.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 "Gymnobathra primaria Philpott, 1928". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-02.
- ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ↑ 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: 93. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- 1 2 3 4 Alfred Philpott (19 March 1928). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 366. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109524279.
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