Horisme suppressaria
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Geometridae |
| Genus: | Horisme |
| Species: | H. suppressaria
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Horisme suppressaria is a moth of the family Geometridae. This species was first described by Francis Walker. Currently the taxonomy of this species is uncertain and as a result this species is also known as Horisme (s.l.) suppressaria. The species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in both the North and South Islands. The larval hosts of H. suppressaria are species in the genus Corokia including Corokia cotoneaster.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Francis Walker in 1863 using specimens collected in Nelson by T. R. Oxley and originally named Phibalapteryx suppressaria.[3][2] Edward Meyrick discussed this species under this name in 1885.[4] In 1917 Meyrick placed this species in the genus Xanthorhoe.[5] George Hudson discussed this species under that name in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[6] In 1942 thinking he was describing a new species, George Howes described this species as Hydriomena? paucita.[7] Prout discussed this species, hypothesising that the species was misplaced in the genus Xanthorhoe and that it should be placed in either Euphyia or Horisme.[8] In 1979 J. D. Holloway discussed this species under the name Horisme suppressaria.[9] J. S. Dugdale also discussed this species under that name in 1988 and at the same time synonymised Hydriomena paucita into this species.[2] As a result of this uncertainly and the possibility that this species belongs to another genus, this species is also currently known as Horisme (s.l.) suppressaria.[10][11] The female lectotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description[edit]
Walker described the adult female of this species as follows:
Female. Blackish cinereous, a little paler beneath. Palpi porrect, compressed, fringed, subrostriform, much shorter than the breadth of the head; third joint very short. Wings elongate, moderately broad ; marginal festoon black; exterior border slightly notched. Fore wings acute, with many black oblique indistinct slightly denticulated lines; an indistinct ferruginous band near the base, an oblique ferruginous subapical streak, and a pale cinereous diffuse middle band; exterior border slightly convex, very oblique. Hindwings with a few indistinct lines. Length of the body 5 lines; of the wings 14 lines.[3]
This species is variable in colour with some specimens being a darker shade than others.
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic New Zealand.[1] It has been observed in the North and South Islands.[12]
Behaviour[edit]
Larvae have been observed in February and adults have been observed on the wing in October, January and February.[13]
Host species[edit]
The larval hosts of H. suppressaria are species in the genus Corokia including Corokia cotoneaster.[14][15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Horisme suppressaria (Walker, 1863)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ a b c d John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 182. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Francis Walker (1862), List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum, Part XXVI. - Geometrites, London, p. 1721, Wikidata Q111734424
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Edward Meyrick (1885). "Supplement to a monograph of the New Zealand Geometrina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 17: 67. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111032066.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (December 1917). "Revision of New Zealand Notodontina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 49: 67. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110727829.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 112, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ W George Howes (1942). "New Lepidoptera" (PDF). Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand (in French). 71: 277. ISSN 1176-6166. Wikidata Q89182664.
- ^ Prout, L. B. (1939). "Xanthorhoë". Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde. 12: 251 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ J. D. Holloway (1979). A Survey of the Lepidoptera, Biogeograhy and Ecology of New Caledonia (PDF). doi:10.1007/978-94-009-9597-0. ISBN 978-94-009-9599-4. OL 37425648M. Wikidata Q99617913.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 459. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ "Horisme suppressaria (Walker, 1863) - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Horisme suppressaria (Walker)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ "Horisme suppressaria". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- ^ Hamish J. H. Patrick; Mike H. Bowie; Barry W. Fox; Brian H. Patrick (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand Natural Sciences. 36: 62. doi:10.26021/583. ISSN 0113-7492. Wikidata Q97665452.
- ^ "Mt Difficulty Crown Pastoral Land Tenure Review: Conservation Resources Report" (PDF). www.linz.govt.nz/. Land Information New Zealand. October 2002. p. 19. Retrieved 3 December 2023.