Orthenches disparilis
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Orthenches disparilis is a moth of the family Plutellidae.[1] This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1931. It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland and Otago. O. disparilis is associated with species in the genus Corokia and larvae are known to feed on Corokia buddleioides. The larvae mine the leaves and feeds on the shoots and fruit of their host. Adults are on the wing in January. Dracophyllum bushes are used as over wintering sites by the adults.
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first described by Alfred Philpott in 1931 using a specimen collected in Kauri Gully, Auckland by Charles Edwin Clarke in January.[2] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[3] J. S. Dugdale considered this species when describing the genus Chrysorthenches.[4] The male holotype is held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.[5][6]
Description[edit]
Philpott described this species as follows:
♂. 14 mm. Head and thorax greyish brown, tegulae purplish. Palpi grey mixed with brown. Antennae brown annulated with white. Abdomen ochreous grey. Legs purplish brown mixed with whitish. Forewings with costa moderately arched, apex blunt pointed, termen hardly rounded, oblique; purplish fuscous, upper half of wing white, clear basally and becoming progressively more tinged with purplish fuscous after ½; extreme edge of costa purplish fuscous near base; a triangular projection of fuscous half into upper portion at ⅓ and a similar but larger projection at ⅔: fringes purplish fuscous. Hindwings subtrapezoidal; greyish white, purplish-tinged towards termen: fringes ochreous white.[2]
Philpott pointed out that although this species is similar in appearance to some forms of O. chartularia the genitals of the males of these species are different.[2]
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[7] As well as being observed in Auckland this species has also been observed in Otago on at Stevensons Island/Te Peka Karara.[8]
Hosts[edit]
O. disparilis is associated with species in the genus Corokia and is known that Corokia buddleioides is a larval host for this species.[8][9] Larvae of O. disparillis mine the leaves and feeds on the shoots and fruit of their host.[9]
Behaviour[edit]
Adults are on the wing in January.[3] Dracophyllum bushes are used as over wintering sites by adult moths.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c Alfred Philpott (1931). "Notes and descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 62: 34. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q109466059.
- ^ a b George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 462, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
- ^ J. S. Dugdale (January 1996). "Chrysorthenches new genus, conifer‐associated plutellid moths (Yponomeutoidea, Lepidoptera) in New Zealand and Australia". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 23 (1): 33–59. doi:10.1080/03014223.1996.9518064. ISSN 0301-4223. Wikidata Q54576386.
- ^ John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. 14. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: 73. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
- ^ Early, J. W.; Gilbert, R. F. (1993). "Primary Types of Terrestrial and Freshwater Protista, Annelida, and Arthropoda in the Auckland Institute and Museum: An Annotated List". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 30: 72. ISSN 0067-0464. JSTOR 42906434. Wikidata Q58677446.
- ^ "Orthenches disparilis Philpott, 1931". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
- ^ a b Eric D Edwards; Rory Logan (June 1999). "Ecological assessment of two islands in west Otago lakes for potential re-introduction of buff weka (Gallirallus australis hectori)" (PDF). Science for Conservation. 111: 1–18. ISSN 1173-2946. Wikidata Q124216736.
- ^ a b c "Orthenches disarilis Philpott, 1931". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. 2011. Retrieved 2024-01-09.