Tingena fenestrata is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island. This species has been observed in native forest habitat in December.
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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. fenestrata
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1926 using specimens collected at Dun Mountain and named Borkhausenia fenestrata.[3] George Hudson discussed this species under the name B. fenestrata in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2] Dr Robert Hoare has communicated that this species may belong to the genus Mermeristis.[5]
Description edit
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂ ♀. 10 ½–12 mm. Head dull brown, mixed with ochreous posteriorly. Palpi bright ochreous mixed with brown. Antennae brown annulated with ochreous, ciliations in male 2 ½. Thorax bronzy-brown. Abdomen pale bronzy-brown. Legs pale ochreous mixed with brown, tarsi obscurely annulated with paler. Forewings moderate, costa moderately arched, apex obtuse, termen rounded, oblique; pale dull-brown; first discal indicated by a few scattered brownish-black scales; plical obliquely beyond first discal, very small, sometimes consisting of one scale only; second discal larger, lower half white; a very obscure irregular dark-brown subterminal line: fringes dull-brownish mixed with pale ochreous and darker brown. Hindwings bronzy-fuscous: fringes fuscous-grey with darker basal line.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the South Island.[1]
Behaviour edit
This species is on the wing in December.[5]
Habitat edit
This species has been observed in native forest habitat.[4]
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: 101. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 404. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110157185.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 269, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ a b Hoare, Robert (2020-01-13). "Tingena fenestrata". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2021-12-26.