Tingena loxotis

Tingena loxotis is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Tingena loxotis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Oecophoridae
Genus:
Tingena
Species:
T. loxotis
Binomial name
Tingena loxotis
(Meyrick, 1905)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Borkhausenia loxotis Meyrick, 1905

Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using a specimen he collected in Wellington in January.[2][3] Meyrick named the species Borkhausenia loxotis.[3] George Hudson described and illustrated the species under this name in his 1928 publication The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand.[4] Hudson's illustration of the species is regarded as a poor representation.[2] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Tingena.[2] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂︎. 11-12 mm. Head and palpi dark fuscous irrorated with ochreous-whitish. Antennae dark fuscous, pale-ringed. Thorax and abdomen dark fuscous. Fore-wings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very obliquely rounded ; dark fuscous ; some scattered pale yellowish scales along submedian fold ; a narrow straight pale ochreous-yellowish fascia, edged with some black scales, from ​1⁄4 of costa to ​2⁄3 of dorsum ; a pale ochreous-yellow dot in disc at ​2⁄3, and sometimes others on costa beyond middle and at tornus ; a more or less indicated subterminal line of pale yellowish scales, starting from a small costal spot : cilia fuscous, irrorated with yellow-whitish. Hind-wings dark fuscous ; cilia fuscous, with darker basal shade.[3]

Alfred Philpott described the male genitalia of this species in 1926.[5] However his illustration does not agree with the lectotype and paratype specimens of the species.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6] This species has been collected at the Wellington Botanic Gardens and more recently at Taihape.[7]

Biology and behaviour

The adults of this species is on the wing in December and January.[4] Hudson regarded this species as having semi domesticated habits, being found in gardens and entering houses.[4]

Conservation Status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[8]

References
  1. "Tingena loxotis (Meyrick, 1905)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-03.
  2. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera-annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  3. Meyrick, Edwards. "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 53 (2): 219–244. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1905.tb02451.x. ISSN 0035-8894 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 261. OCLC 25449322.
  5. Philpott, Alfred. "List of New Zealand Species of Borkhausenia (Oeco-phoridae: Lepidoptera), including New Species". Transactions and Proceedings of the Institute of New Zealand. 1926: 399–413.
  6. 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. 462. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  7. "NZTCS Lepidoptera Spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 5.


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