Tingena sinuosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington and at Tongariro. Adults of this species are on the wing 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. sinuosa
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| Tingena sinuosa | |
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1928 using specimens collected at Wellington Botanic Garden and named Borkhausenia sinuosa.[3] In 1939 George Hudson discussed this species under the name B. sinuosa.[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]
Description edit
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 17–19 mm. Head and thorax clear yellow. Palpi yellow, second segment mixed with fuscous without. Antennae greyish-fuscous, ciliations in ♂ ½. Abdomen greyish-white, and tuft ochreous. Legs ochreous-white, anterior pair strongly infuscated. Forewings clongate, costa well arched, apex rounded, termen obliquely rounded; clear yellow; costa at base narrowly edged with brown; fringes concolorous with wing. Hindwings and fringes whitish-grey. [3]
Philpott stated that this species is extremely similar to T. enodis but that it can be distinguished as there are differences in the male genitalia of the two species.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Wellington and at Tongariro.[1][4][5]
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: 105. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c Alfred Philpott (September 1928). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 488. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q68431664.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 443, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ "Tingena sinuosa". Auckland Museum Online Collections. 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.