Tingena paula is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury. Adults of this species are on the wing in November.
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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. paula
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| Tingena paula | |
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Taxonomy edit
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This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 using specimens collected by S. Lindsay at Pukeatua Bush, Banks Peninsula in November.[3] Philpott originally named the species Borkhausenia paula.[3] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand using the same name.[4] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype is held in the Canterbury Museum.[2]
Description edit
Philpott described the species as follows:
♂. 11–12 mm. Head, palpi and thorax pale ivory-yellow. Antennae fuscous with pale dots, ciliations slightly more than 1. Abdomen dark purplish-grey. Legs ochreous-whitish mixed with pale brown. Forewings blunt lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique; pale ivory-yellow; extreme edge of costa near base fuscous; fringes concolorous with wing. Hindwings dark fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous: fringes greyish-fuscous with darker basal line.[3]
This species is small and is similar in appearance to T. maranta but has less pointed forewings.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Canterbury.[1][3] This species has also been found in a site of ecological significance in Christchurch as set out in the Christchurch District Plan.[5]
Behaviour edit
Adults of this species is on the wing in November.[3]
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: 104. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c d e f Alfred Philpott (1927). "N.Z. Lepidoptera: notes and descriptions". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 57: 708. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q108109466.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 263, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ Hooton, Scott; Hogan, Debbie (6 June 2017). "Christchurch District Plan. Site of Ecological Significance. Stony Beach" (PDF). districtplan.ccc.govt.nz. Retrieved 3 January 2022.