Paramorpha marginata

Paramorpha marginata
Male holotype specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Paramorpha
Species: P. marginata
Binomial name
Paramorpha marginata
(Philpott, 1931)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Carposina marginata Philpott, 1931
  • Paramorpha heptacentra Meyrick, 1931

Paramorpha marginata is a species of moth in the family Carposinidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1931 using a specimen collected by Charles E. Clarke at Okoroire in December and named Carposina marginata.[2][3] Later in 1931 Edward Meyrick, thinking he was describing a new species, named it Paramorpha heptacentra.[2] This name along with the original combination were synonymised by George Hudson in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] Hudson illustrated and described the species under the current nomenclature.[4][2] The male holotype specimen is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2]

Description

Philpott described the species as follows:

♂. 11 mm. Head and thorax white. Palpi white, fuscous laterally and beneath. Antennae white, ciliations in ♂ 2. Abdomen ochreous white. Legs fuscous mixed with whitish, posterior pair white. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex rather angular, termen rounded, oblique; white, rather greyish except along costa; extreme edge of costa yellow more dilated on apical ½; markings black; a spot below fold at ¼; a spot well below costa at about ¼ and another immediately beneath it; a large spot just above fold not far beyond the latter; a spot below costa at ½; beyond this a spot in disc and another beneath and obliquely before it; a chain of spots round termen and a number of single black scales scattered about apical half of wing: fringes grey. Hindwings and fringes shining white.[3]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5][1] Hudson was of the opinion that the species could be found in the northern parts of the North island.[4] Other than Okoroire, this species has been collected in Whangarei,[4] and at the Poor Knights Islands.[6]

Biology and behaviour

This species is on the wing in December and January.[4] This species has been collected using a malaise trap as well as being beaten from foliage.[6][7]

Habitat and host species

This moth has been found to be present in the canopy of kanuka stands.[8] P. marginata has been collected and reared from litter beneath Leucopogon fasciculatus.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 4 5 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–264. ISBN 0-477-02518-8. ISSN 0111-5383 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
  3. 1 2 Philpott, Alfred (1931). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 62: 26–36.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 455. OCLC 221041540. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  5. ↑ "Paramorpha marginata (Philpott, 1931)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  6. 1 2 Watt, J. Charles (September 1982). "Terrestrial arthropods from the Poor Knights Islands, New Zealand". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 12 (3): 283–320. doi:10.1080/03036758.1982.10415350. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. 1 2 Hoare, R. J. B. (2011). "Lepidoptera of gumland heaths—a threatened and rare ecosystem of northern New Zealand" (PDF). New Zealand Entomologist. 34 (1): 67–76. doi:10.1080/00779962.2011.9722212 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ Dugdale, J. S.; Hutcheson, J. (1997). Invertebrate values of kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) stands, Gisborne region (PDF). Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation, New Zealand. pp. Appendix. ISBN 0478019211. OCLC 53151911.


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