Orocrambus simplex

Orocrambus simplex
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Orocrambus
Species: O. simplex
Binomial name
Orocrambus simplex
(Butler, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Chilo simplex Butler, 1877

Orocrambus simplex is a moth in the Crambidae family.[1] It was described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1877.[2][3] It is endemic to New Zealand,[4] where it has been recorded in Westland, Nelson Province, the central part of the North Island and the coastal area of southern Hawkes Bay.[5] The habitat where this species lives consists of tussock grasslands.[5]

The wingspan is 25–33 mm.[5] Adults have been recorded on wing from November to February.[5]

Larvae have been reared from Chionochloa rubra, Poa caespitosa and Poa annua.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  2. ↑ Butler, A. G. (1877). "On two collections of heterocerous Lepidoptera from New Zealand, with descriptions of new genera and species". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1877:May-Dec.: 379–407 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  3. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  4. ↑ "Orocrambus simplex (Butler, 1877)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-01-22.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878 – via Taylor & Francis.
  6. ↑ Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Information on the life cycles of some New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae:Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 365–376. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517879 – via Taylor & Francis.


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