Asterivora barbigera
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Choreutidae |
| Genus: | Asterivora |
| Species: | A. barbigera
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| Asterivora barbigera | |
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Asterivora barbigera is a moth in the family Choreutidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the southern half of the South Island. It inhabits open mountain sides and adults are on the wing in November to January.
Taxonomy
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This species was first described by Edward Meyrick and named Simaethis barbigera.[3] In 1927 Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species.[4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 publication The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] In 1979 J. S. Dugdale placed this species within the genus Asterivora.[6] In 1988 Dugdale confirmed this placement.[2] The female holotype is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[5]
Description
The wingspan is about 19 mm. The head is bronzy irrorated with white and dark fuscous and the thorax is greyish-bronze sprinkled with white. The abdomen is bronzy-grey, although the segmental margins are white. The forewings are elongate, posteriorly dilated, the costa gently arched, the apex obtuse, the termen bowed and oblique. They are greyish-bronze, irregularly irrorated with white, especially towards the costa and on a terminal band. There is a white transverse dot on the end of the cell. A second line is formed of white irroration which is strongly curved outwards. The hindwings are light grey.[3] This species is variable in the amount of white markings on its wings.[5]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][7] It is found in the southern half of the South Island and has been observed in the Hunter Mountains, the Hump range in Fiordland and at Bold Peak.[8][5]
Habitat
This species inhabits open mountain sides.[5]
Behaviour
The adults of this species are on the wing in November to January.[9][5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 No label or title -- debug: Q45922947, p. 457, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 No label or title -- debug: Q45083134, p. 113, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 No label or title -- debug: Q110745619, p. 203, Wikidata Q110745619 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ↑ No label or title -- debug: Q110772020, Wikidata Q110772020
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 No label or title -- debug: Q58593286, p. 310, Wikidata Q58593286
- ↑ Dugdale, J. S. (1 July 1979). "A new generic name for the New Zealand species previously assigned to Simaethis auctorum (Lepidoptera: Choreutidae), with description of a new species". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 6 (3): 461–466. doi:10.1080/03014223.1979.10428386. ISSN 0301-4223.
- ↑ "Asterivora barbigera (Meyrick, 1915)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
- ↑ "Asterivora barbigera Meyrick, 1915". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
- ↑ "Asterivora barbigera AMNZ14080". Auckland Museum Collections Online. 22 November 2002. Archived from the original on 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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