Tingena collitella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. collitella
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| Binomial name | |
| Tingena collitella | |
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Tingena collitella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.
Taxonomy[edit]
It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 and named Gelechia collitella.[3] In 1884 Edward Meyrick stated he thought this species might be a form of what is now known as T. griseata.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed the species under the name Borkhausenia collitella.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Tingena.[2] The holotype specimen, collected in Auckland, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description[edit]
Walker described this species as follows:
Male. Pale cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, much shorter than the second. Antennae extremely minutely setulose and moniliform, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs rather stout. Wings rather broad ; fringe moderately long. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, speckled with fawn-colour, with some brown marks ; a few of these before the middle ; a larger one in the exterior disk and a still larger one on the costa near the tip ; fringe partly tinged with brown ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines.[3]
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ 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: 99. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Walker, Francis (1864). "Tineites". List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum. 29: 563–835 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (1884). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. III. Oecophoridae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 16: 47. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63976486.
- ^ Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 399–413. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110157185.