Sabatinca caustica
Sabatinca caustica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae.[1] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1912.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]
| Sabatinca caustica | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Micropterigidae |
| Genus: | Sabatinca |
| Species: | S. caustica |
| Binomial name | |
| Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912 | |
Adults were found in October.
Original description
Wingspan 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in). Head and thorax bronzy-orange-ochreous, thorax sometimes marked with whitish. Antennae ochreous, towards apex blackish. Abdomen dark purple-grey. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex pointed, termen extremely obliquely rounded; violet-coppery-ochreous, in one specimen largely suffused with whitish; in one specimen a spot of dark purple-fuscous suffusion on dorsum towards base, one in disc beyond middle, and some irregular marking towards termen, and in the whitish-suffused specimen the dark purple-fuscous suffusion forms a blotch along anterior portion of costa connected with a large oblique blotch in middle of disc, a streak along dorsum from base to 2/3, a subterminal fascia enclosing a white spot on costa, and a mark along termen in middle, but in the other two specimens there are no markings: cilia golden-ochreous. Hindwings deep purple; cilia pale golden-ochreous.[4]
References
- Gibbs, George W. "Fauna of New Zealand 72: Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- "Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- "Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
- Meyrick, Edward (1912). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 44: 117–126 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
This article incorporates text from Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, a publication from 1912, now in the public domain in the United States.