Harmologa speciosa
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Tortricidae |
| Genus: | Harmologa |
| Species: | H. speciosa
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| Harmologa speciosa | |
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Harmologa speciosa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae.[1] This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in the Canterbury and Otago regions. Larvae have been observed feeding on Hebe odora and the adult moth has been observed on the wing in January and February.
Taxonomy
[edit]This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 using a male specimen collected by S. Lindsay at Arthur's Pass in February and named Epichorista speciosa.[3] In 1928 Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species.[4] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Harmologa.[2] The male holotype is held at the Canterbury Museum.[2]
Description
[edit]Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 14 mm. Head, palpi and thorax ferruginous. Antennae ringed alternately with ochreous-grey and black, ciliations in male 1+1⁄2. Abdomen dark greyish-fuscous. Legs greyish-ochreous, anterior pair fuscous, all tarsi annulated with ochreous. Forewings, costa straight, apex almost rectangular, termen slightly rounded, little oblique; white; markings ferruginous mixed with ochreous and black; a small basal patch, including costal fold, margin outwardly oblique; a prominent fairly broad straight fascia from apex of costal fold to before 1⁄2 of dorsum, outer margin extended in disc by ochreous patch; an outwardly oblique broad fascia from middle of costa, greatly constricted (almost interrupted) at middle, thence much dilated and recurved to apex; several spots on costa between 1⁄2 and apex, and some irregular markings between fasciae on dorsum, where the ground-colour is leaden grey; fringes ferruginous, tipped with yellowish-ochreous. Hindwings dark fuscous; fringes fuscous with darker basal line, round tips ochreous.[3]
This species is similar in appearance to Epichorista zatrophana but is larger.[3]
Distribution
[edit]This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been observed in the Canterbury and Otago Regions.[3][6]
Habitat and hosts
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Larvae have been collected feeding on Hebe odora and have been found in abundant numbers on their host plant.[6][7]
Behaviour
[edit]Adults are on the wing in January and February.[8]
References
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- ^ a b c "Harmologa speciosa (Philpott, 1927)". New Zealand Organisms Register. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
- ^ 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: 125. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ a b c d Alfred Philpott (15 August 1927). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 83–84. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q107580217.
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 Brian H. Patrick (1982). "New southern Lepidoptera records". The Wētā. 9: 85–86. ISSN 0111-7696. Wikidata Q131451049.
- ^ J.S. Dugdale (July 1990). "Reassessment of Ctenopseustis Meyrick and Planotortrix Dugdale with descriptions of two new genera (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 17 (3): 459. doi:10.1080/03014223.1990.10422943. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54576382.
- ^ "Harmologa speciosa (Philpott, 1927)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
