Sabatinca barbarica

Sabatinca barbarica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Micropterigidae
Genus:	Sabatinca
Species:	S. barbarica
Binomial name
	Sabatinca barbarica; Philpott, 1918 [Synonym of Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912]

Sabatinca barbarica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1918 and is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] In 2014, George W. Gibbs synonymised this nominal species with Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912.

Original description

Wingspan 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in). Head rather bright ochreous. Antennae pale ochreous, apical portion black. Thorax ochreous. Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi annulated with black. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely oblique; pale ochreous; a bright coppery suffusion along dorsum often segregated into one or more spots; base of costa obscurely darker; an interrupted irregular coppery fascia from costa near base to tornus, sometimes including an almost black spot at middle; sometimes one or more coppery spots on costa at 1/2; three coppery (sometimes blackish) spots on costa at apex, from which an irregular coppery fascia runs towards dorsum, connecting with first fascia above tornus; sometimes a blackish dot on termen at middle; cilia pale ochreous.

Taxonomy

This species is currently regarded as a synonym for Sabatinca caustica.[3]

Habitat and behaviour

Adults were found amongst low herbage in the forest in December and January.

References

"Sabatinca barbarica Philpott, 1918". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 461. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
Gibbs, George W. (30 June 2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72. eISSN 1179-7193. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 2018-03-29.

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[1] "Sabatinca barbarica Philpott, 1918". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2019-05-21.

[2] Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 461. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.

[3] Gibbs, George W. (30 June 2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72. eISSN 1179-7193. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 2018-03-29.