Erechthias indicans
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Erechthias indicans is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1923. This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington in January.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1923.[3] The female holotype specimen of this species was collected by George Vernon Hudson in Karori, Wellington and is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[4]
Description[edit]
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
♀ 9 mm. Head white, sides of crown brown. Palpi fuscous, tip white. Thorax brown, with white dorsal stripe. Abdomen whitish. Forewings elongate-lanceolate, apex produced; brown irrorated with dark fuscous; an irregular white median stripe from base to 3⁄5, broadest towards its middle, apex pointed; a narrow white dorsal stripe from base to tornus; rather thick irregular very oblique white streaks from costa at middle and 3⁄4 almost to termen; a small round black apical spot preceded by a triangular white spot on costa: cilia whitish, round apex a median line of dark-fuscous points, a short subbasal similar line beneath apex, and one at base along termen. Hindwings and cilia whitish.[3]
Distribution[edit]
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This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species has been observed in Karori, Wellington and in Ōtari-Wilton's Bush.[3][5]
Behaviour[edit]
Adults are on the wing in January.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Erechthias indicans Meyrick, 1923". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c Meyrick, Edward (1923). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 54: 162–169. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
- ^ Townsend, Dougal (2021-03-04). "Erechthias indicans". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 107, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286