Tingena levicula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand.
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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. levicula
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| Tingena levicula | |
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott using specimens collected by Charles Edwin Clarke at Flat Mountain near Lake Manapouri at an altitude of about 4,000 ft in December.[3] Philpott named Borkhausenia levicula.[3] In 1939 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name B. levicula.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype specimen, collected at Flat Top Mountain, is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2][5]
Description edit
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂ . 13 mm. Head, palpi and thorax whitish ochreous mixed with brown. Antennae ochreous closely annulated with fuscous, ciliations in ♂3⁄4. Abdomen grey, brassy tinged. Legs grey mixed with ochreous and brown. Forewings narrow, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen extremely oblique; greyish white mixed with dark fuscous; markings pale ochreous mixed with dark fuscous; a rather broad fascia from costa at base to dorsum at about 1⁄3; a similar fascia from costa at 1⁄4 to dorsum at 2⁄3; a third fascia from costa at 1⁄2 to above tornus where it coalesces with an inwardly oblique fascia from costa at 4⁄5 ; a moderately broad band round termen: fringes greyish white mixed with ochreous and fuscous. Hindwings grey: fringes grey with obscure darker basal line.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland.[1][6]
Behaviour edit
The adults of this species are on the wing in December.[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: 103. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New Species of Lepidoptera in the Collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 8. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42905932. Wikidata Q58676529.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 442, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ "Borkhausenia levicula". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ 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.