Sabatinca barbarica

Sabatinca barbarica is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae. It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1918 and is endemic to New Zealand.[1][2] In 2014, George W. Gibbs synonymised this nominal species with Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912.

Sabatinca barbarica
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S. barbarica
Binomial name
Sabatinca barbarica
Philpott, 1918 [Synonym of Sabatinca caustica Meyrick, 1912]

Original description

Wingspan 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in). Head rather bright ochreous. Antennae pale ochreous, apical portion black. Thorax ochreous. Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi annulated with black. Forewings ovate-lanceolate, costa moderately arched, apex acute, termen extremely oblique; pale ochreous; a bright coppery suffusion along dorsum often segregated into one or more spots; base of costa obscurely darker; an interrupted irregular coppery fascia from costa near base to tornus, sometimes including an almost black spot at middle; sometimes one or more coppery spots on costa at 1/2; three coppery (sometimes blackish) spots on costa at apex, from which an irregular coppery fascia runs towards dorsum, connecting with first fascia above tornus; sometimes a blackish dot on termen at middle; cilia pale ochreous.

Taxonomy

This species is currently regarded as a synonym for Sabatinca caustica.[3]

Habitat and behaviour

Adults were found amongst low herbage in the forest in December and January.

References

  1. "Sabatinca barbarica Philpott, 1918". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  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. 461. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. Gibbs, George W. (30 June 2014). "Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 72. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72. eISSN 1179-7193. ISSN 0111-5383. Retrieved 2018-03-29.


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