Atomotricha prospiciens is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1924.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland and the Milford Sound. Adults of this species have been observed from October to December.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Atomotricha |
| Species: | A. prospiciens
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| Atomotricha prospiciens Meyrick, 1924
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick using one specimen collected at the Pompolona Huts, on the Milford Track in Fiordland in December by C. E. Clarke.[2][3][4] The male holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]
Description edit
Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 20mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders more ochreous . Palpi ochreous-whitish, towards base irrorated dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish partially suffused pale yellow-ochreous and sprinkled fuscous, dorsal area more whitish ; a thick streak of dark-fuscous suffusion from base of costa along fold to near middle of wing, with a blackish dot at its apex and one on its lower edge at 1⁄4 of wing, fold beyond this suffused white to near tornus ; discal stigmata represented by circles of brown suffusion of the white upper half is mixed blackish, these connected by a curved white streak, beyond second a blotch of white suffusion, above and before second some fuscous suffusion extending to costa ; a dark-fuscous line from near costa near at 3⁄4 to near tornus, angulated in middle and zigzag above this, connected with costa by a spot of brownish suffusion ; some brownish suffusion along upper part of termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, base white. Hingwings and cilia ochreous-whitish.[2]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5] As well as the Milford Track in Fiordland, A. prospiciens has been observed in Eglinton Valley, in the Milford Sound.[6][7]
Behaviour edit
The adults of this species are on the wing from October to December.[4]
References edit
- ^ 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 Susan Giorgi-Coll; Ana I Amaral; Peter J A Hutchinson; Mark R Kotter; Keri L. Carpenter (21 April 2017). "Succinate supplementation improves metabolic performance of mixed glial cell cultures with mitochondrial dysfunction". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 662. doi:10.1038/S41598-017-01149-W. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5430749. PMID 28432362. Wikidata Q33682527.
- ^ a b 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: 90. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 289, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ "Atomotricha prospiciens Meyrick, 1924". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 451, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ Charles E. Clarke (February 1933). "The Lepidoptera of the Te Anau-Manapouri Lakes Districts". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 63 (2): 112–132. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q62934927.