Dumbletonius characterifer

Dumbletonius characterifer
Female specimen
Male specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hepialidae
Genus: Dumbletonius
Species: D. characterifer
Binomial name
Dumbletonius characterifer
(Walker, 1865)
Synonyms
  • Hepialus characterifer Walker, 1865
  • Oxycanus impletus Walker, 1865
  • Porina mairi Buller, 1873

Dumbletonius characterifer is a species of moth of the family Hepialidae.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand.[2] It was first described by Francis Walker in 1865.[3]

The wingspan is 56–70 mm for males and 72–95 mm for females. There is a complex ocellate pattern with bicoloured scales on the forewings. The hindwings are dark brown. Adults are on wing from November to April.[4] D. characterifer is present in the Waikato, Taupo, Taranaki, Wairarapa, Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough and Marlborough Sounds, Buller and Westland regions.[4]

The larvae feed on leaf litter.

References

  1. ↑ "Dumbletonius characterifer (Walker, 1865)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-09-27.
  2. ↑ Nielsen, Ebbe S.; Robinson, Gaden S.; Wagner, David L. (2000). "Ghost-moths of the world: a global inventory and bibliography of the Exoporia (Mnesarchaeoidea and Hepialoidea) (Lepidoptera )" (PDF). Journal of Natural History. 34 (6): 823–878. doi:10.1080/002229300299282.
  3. ↑ Walker, Francis (1865). "Supplement, part 2". List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. 32: 323–706 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
  4. 1 2 Dugdale, J. S. (1994). "Hepialidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 30: 57 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.


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