Ichneutica cana

Ichneutica cana
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Noctuoidea
Family:	Noctuidae
Genus:	Ichneutica
Species:	I. cana
Binomial name
	Ichneutica cana; Howes, 1914[1]
Synonyms[1]
	Aletia empyrea Hudson, 1918 ; Ichneutica homerica Howes, 1943 ;

Ichneutica cana is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

I. cana was first described by George Howes in 1914 from a single male specimen collected in the Garvie Mountains, near Lake Wakatipu in Otago.[2] This species was illustrated and discussed in George Hudson's 1928 book The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[3] John S. Dugdale agreed with the placement of this species within the genus Ichneutica in 1988.[4] Robert J. B. Hoare also confirmed the placement of this species within the genus Ichneutica in his major review of New Zealand Noctuidae species in 2019.[1]

Description

Howes originally described the species as follows:

Face grey. Palpi blackish at base. Head and thorax grey, frontal area lighter grey. Head and thorax densely clothed with long dark-grey hair. Thorax broad in proportion to length, with a slight posterior crest. Abdomen grey. Forewings grey, with pale grey lines and occasional darker marks. A single light-grey line at base; a jagged grey line about ¹⁄₅, strongly dentate near dorsum; outwardly suffused with dark grey. Orbicular faintly shown in light grey, and separated from reniform by a distinct dark-grey patch. Reniform faintly outlined in light grey. A jagged light-grey line at ³⁄₄, bending towards termen until centre of wing, then inwards before reaching dorsum. Terminal edge margined with light grey, edged basally with a dark suffusion, which forms a faintly defined line; slight grey marks along veins where they reach termen. Cilia short, light grey and dark grey alternate patches. Hindwings light grey with a faint ochreous tinge, a darker band across wing at J and a slightly waved subterminal band. Terminal edge and cilia grey-white. Underside grey with a faint ochreous tinge and a well-defined irregular dark-grey line at about ³⁄₄ across both wings.[2]

References

Hoare, Robert J. B. (9 December 2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.
George Howes (1914). "XIV. — New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 95–96. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q104451396.
Hudson, George Vernon (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 50.
John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 1–264. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.

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[:1-1] Hoare, Robert J. B. (9 December 2019). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand. 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80.

[:2-2] George Howes (1914). "XIV. — New Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 46: 95–96. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q104451396.

[:0-3] Hudson, George Vernon (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 50.

[Dugdale_1988-4] John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 1–264. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.