Clepsicosma

Clepsicosma
Female Clepsicosma iridia
Male Clepsicosma iridia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Clepsicosma
Species: C. iridia
Binomial name
Clepsicosma iridia
Meyrick, 1888[2]

Clepsicosma is a genus of moths in the Crambidae family.[3] This genus contains only one species, Clepsicosma iridia,[4] which is endemic to New Zealand.[5][6]

The species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[7][2] The wingspan is about 25 mm. The forewings are whitish-ochreous, sprinkled with brownish-ochreous, towards the middle of the inner margin suffused with whitish. There is a streak along the basal third of the costa, which is irrorated with blackish-fuscous. The hindwings are white, towards the costa slightly ochreous-tinged.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2011-10-11.
  2. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 152. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ↑ 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. 458. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  4. ↑ "Clepsicosma Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "Clepsicosma iridia Meyrick, 1888". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  6. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Clepsicosma iridia". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
  7. 1 2 Meyrick, E. (1888). "Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 62–73. Retrieved 30 January 2018.


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