Hierodoris sesioides

Hierodoris sesioides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Hierodoris
Species: H. sesioides
Binomial name
Hierodoris sesioides
Hoare, 2005[1]

Hierodoris sesioides is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.

Taxonomy and etymology

This species was first described by Robert R. J. Hoare in 2005.[2] The male holotype was reared from larvae collected in Esk State Forest on the 4 March 1964 by H. Auld.[2] Prior to its formal description, this species as known as Hierodoris 'clear wing'.[3] The holotype specimen is held at the New Zealand Arthropod Collection.[2] The epithet comes from Sesia, a genus of clearwing moths, and the Greek word 'eides' meaning likeness.[2] It refers to the resemblance of this species to a sesiid.[2]

Description

H. sesioides has a very narrow forewing and a semi-transparent white hindwing, with a well-defined black border.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][4] It is only known from the type locality in Hawkes Bay.[5]

Biology and behaviour

Little is known of the biology of this species.[2]

Host species and habitat

The host species for the larvae of this moth is the kōwhai tree, Sophora tetraptera.[5] The larvae feed internally in woody galls on stems of their host tree.[5]

Conservation Status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hierodoris sesioides Hoare, 2005". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Hoare, Robert J. B. (2005). "Hierodoris (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Oecophoridae), and overview of Oecophoridae" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 54: 1–102. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  3. ↑ "NZTCS Lepidoptera Spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. ↑ 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. 462. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  5. 1 2 3 Patrick, B. H.; Dugdale., J. S. (2000). "Conservation status of the New Zealand Lepidoptera" (PDF). Science for conservation. 136: 23. ISBN 0478218672. ISSN 1173-2946 – via Department of Conservation.
  6. ↑ Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards,, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 8.
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