Epichorista hemionana
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Epichorista |
| Species: | E. hemionana
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Epichorista hemionana is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[1] This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is found only in the South Island in the regions of Canterbury, Otago and Southland. Larvae tie together the leaves of its host plants, species in the genus Acaena and other herbs. Adults are on the wing from January to April.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1882 using specimens collected by Richard William Fereday near Lake Guyon in March.[3][4] Meyrick went on to give a fuller description of the species in 1883.[4] In 1909 Meyrick placed this species in the genus Epichorista.[5] This species is the type species of that genus.[5] George Hudson, in 1928, followed Meyrick and discussed and illustrated this species in his book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand under the name Epichorista hemionana.[6] In 1928 Alfred Philpott also discussed and illustrated the male genitalia of this species under that name.[7] J. S. Dugdale confirmed this placement in 1988.[2] In 2010 this placement was again confirmed by Robert Hoare in the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.[1] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
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Meyrick described this species as follows:
Male.—12+1⁄2-13+1⁄2 mm. Head, palpi, and thorax whitish-ochreous ; palpi rather elongate, externally fuscous. Antenne whitish-ochreous, annulated with dark fuscous. Abdomen light grey. Legs grey-whitish, anterior and middle pair suffused with dark fuscous except at apex of joints. Forewings moderate, posteriorly somewhat dilated, costa rather strongly arched near base, thence nearly straight, hindmargin nearly straight, oblique; pale whitish-ochreous, with scattered obscure ochreous-fuscous strigule ; base indistinctly suffused with ochreous-brownish ; posterior 3⁄5, beyond a straight sharply-defined line from 2⁄5 of costa to slightly beyond middle of inner margin, fuscous, strigulated with dark reddish-fuscous, and becoming dark fuscous towards anterior edge, more broadly towards costa, and on a small very ill-defined costal spot towards apex: cilia whitish-ochreous or light brownish-ochreous, with a broad dark fuscous basal line. Hindwings grey; cilia grey-whitish, with a darker basal line.[4]
This species is noticeable as a result of the contrast between the pale basal and dark posterior areas.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] This species is found in the regions of Canterbury, Otago and Southland.[6][8]
Habitat
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This species inhabits moist areas of snow tussock grassland from lowland to sub alpine altitudes.[9]
Behaviour
[edit]Larvae tie together the leaves of its host plants, species in the genus Acaena and other herbs.[10][9] Adults are on the wing from January until April.[6]
References
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- ^ a b c d Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 464. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c Dugdale , J. S. (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 122. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Edward Meyrick (November 1882). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. II. Abstract". New Zealand Journal of Science. 2: 277. Wikidata Q111013849.
- ^ a b c d Edward Meyrick (May 1883). "Descriptions of New Zealand Microlepidoptera. I and II. Crambidae and Tortricina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 15: 43. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q111013914.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b E Meyrick (1 November 1909). "Descriptions of Tansvaal Micro-Lepidoptera". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 2 (1): 5. hdl:10520/AJA00411752_939. ISSN 0041-1752. Wikidata Q100705982.
- ^ a b c Hudson, G. V. (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, pp. 236–237, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Alfred Philpott (1928). "The male genitalia of the New Zealand Tortricidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 59: 443–468. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q133008549.
- ^ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 434, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ a b B. I. P. Barratt; B. H. Patrick (January 1987). "Insects of snow tussock grassland on the East Otago Plateau". New Zealand Entomologist. 10 (1): 91. doi:10.1080/00779962.1987.9722513. ISSN 0077-9962. Wikidata Q54576207.
- ^ Brian H. Patrick (1991). "Insects of the Dansey Ecological District" (PDF). Science & Research Series. 32: 1–25. ISSN 0113-3713. OCLC 154612987. Wikidata Q110318301. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 December 2021.
