Nola parvitis
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Superfamily: | Noctuoidea |
| Family: | Nolidae |
| Genus: | Nola |
| Species: | N. parvitis |
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Nola parvitis is a moth of the family Nolidae.[2] It was first described by George Howes in 1917. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island and in central and southern parts of the North Island. Larvae are active during April to November and the larval host plant of this species is Helichrysum lanceolatum.
Taxonomy
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This species was first described by George Howes in 1917 and was originally named Adeixis parvitis.[3] In 1927 Alfred Philpott placed this species in the genus Celama.[4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under this name in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] John S. Dugdale also discussed this species under this name in 1988.[6] In 2010 this species was listed under the genus Nola in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.[7][2] The male holotype specimen was collected at Harbour Cone, Broad Bay in Dunedin by Charles E. Clarke and is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[6]
Description
Hudson described this species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is 5⁄8 inch. The fore-wings are triangular with the termen obliquely rounded; very pale whitish- grey; there is a slightly-curved oblique brownish-black bar across the middle of the disc and a dark grey shading around the apex and along the termen; a few scattered yellowish scales are situated on the discal bar. The hind-wings and cilia are greyish-white.[5]
Distribution
N. parvitis is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island and the southern parts of the North Island.[8][4] Specimens have been found in Broad Bay, Otago and Aniseed Valley in Nelson.[4] A specimen was also collected south east of Te Anau where it was described by Charles E. Clarke as being a rare moth that was taken in December amongst Leptospermum.[9] This species has been collected in December in the Dansey ecological district, near Kakanui, on Helichrysum lanceolatum.[10] N. parvitis has also been observed in the North Island in the Wairarapa and near Lake Waikaremoana.[11]
Host species
The larval host plant for this species is Helichrysum lanceolatum.[12]
Behaviour
Larvae of this specie are present during the months of April to November.[11]
Parasites
When the biocontrol release of Cotesia urabae was considered for New Zealand, research showed that this parasitic wasp posed a low risk to N. parvitis.[11]
References
- ↑ "Nola parvitis Howes, 1917". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- 1 2 "Nola parvitis (Howes, 1917) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
- ↑ George Howes (1917). "XIV. — New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 274. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q121725581.
- 1 2 3 Philpott, Alfred (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: Notes and Descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 703. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- 1 2 Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 44, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 BHL page 61899632
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - 1 2 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: 213. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. LCCN 2011379669. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ↑ "Nola parvitis". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2026-06-26.
- ↑ Clarke, Charles E. (1934). "The Lepidoptera of the Te Anau-Manapouri Lakes Districts". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 63: 116. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
- ↑ Patrick, B. H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. ISBN 0-478-01285-3. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- 1 2 3 L A Berndt; T M Withers; S. Mansfield; R J B Hoare (2009). "Non-target species selection for host range testing of Cotesia urabae". New Zealand Plant Protection. 62: 169. doi:10.30843/nzpp.2009.62.4773. ISSN 1175-9003. Wikidata Q137387720.
- ↑ Robert J.B. Hoare; Eric D. Edwards; Carey Knox; Will T. Frost; Pascale Michel (April 2026). "Conservation status of Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2025" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 51: 25. ISSN 2324-1713. Wikidata Q139379012.