Tingena thalerodes is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been found at Arthur's Pass. This species inhabits rough herbage on mountain sides. Adults are on the wing in December and January.
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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. thalerodes
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Taxonomy edit
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1916 using a specimen collected at Arthur's Pass in December by George Hudson and named Borkhausenia thalerodes.[3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species under the name Borkhausenia thalerodes in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] Philpott discussed this species under the name B. thalerodes however he was unable to find a specimen for dissection in order to study the male genitalia.[5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Tingena.[2] The male holotype, collected at Arthur's Pass, is held in at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description edit
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
♂. 17 mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen blackish, apex of patagia pale ferruginous-yellowish. Antennal ciliations 2+1⁄2. Forewings elongate, costa gently arched, apex obtuse-pointed, termen faintly sinuate, rather strongly oblique ; deep ferruginous, somewhat mixed with grey ; a suffused light-yellowish streak along basal third of dorsum ; a whitish-yellowish inwardly oblique transverse spot from dorsum beyond middle, reaching 2⁄5 across wing : cilia ferruginous, with two grey shades. Hindwings blackish-grey : cilia dark grey, with blackish-grey subbasal shade.[3]
Distribution edit
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Behaviour edit
The adults of this species are on the wing in December and January.[3][4]
Habitat edit
T. thalerodes inhabits rough herbage on mountain sides.[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 Edward Meyrick (October 1916). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 48: 416. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q69802584.
- ^ a b c George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 268, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
- ^ Alfred Philpott (1926). "List of New Zealand species of Borkhausenia (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera), including new species". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 56: 399–413. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q110157185.