Orocrambus punctellus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Crambidae |
| Subfamily: | Crambinae |
| Tribe: | Crambini |
| Genus: | Orocrambus |
| Species: | O. punctellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orocrambus punctellus | |
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Orocrambus punctellus is a species of moth in the family Crambidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation.
Taxonomy[edit]
It was described by George Vernon Hudson in 1950 using a specimen collected by George Howes at Portobello in Dunedin and named Crambus punctellus.[4][3] In 1975 D. E. Gaskin transferred this species to the genus Orocrambus.[5] The holotype specimen is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3]
Description[edit]
Hudson described the species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is 7⁄8 inch (23 mm.). The fore-wings are rather elongate, with the costa slightly arched, and the termen moderately oblique; pale creamy-white; basal third on dorsum very faintly suffused with brownish-ochreous; a broad, ill-defined, brownish-edged transverse band beyond this, followed by a large, conspicuous, dark brown discal spot; a finely dentate subterminal line, strongest towards dorum, and a much fainter line beyond this; outer third of costa and tornal area very faintly suffused with pale brown; an obscure brown mark on costa at about 3⁄4. Head white. Palpi long, stout, whitish, densely speckled with brown towards apex. Thorax and abdomen brownish-ochreous. Hindwings whitish-ochreous. Cilia almost white.[4]
Distribution[edit]
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[2][6] It has only been recorded from the type locality at Otago Peninsula.[5][7]
Biology and behaviour[edit]
Very little is known of the biology of this species.[7] The host species for the larvae of this moth is unknown.[7] Adults have been recorded on wing in March.[4][5]
Conservation status[edit]
This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 8.
- ^ a b "Orocrambus punctellus (Hudson, 1950)". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ a b c Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 92. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Hudson, George Vernon (1950). Fragments of New Zealand entomology : a popular account of all the New Zealand cicadas : the natural history of the New Zealand glow-worm : a second supplement to The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, and notes on many other native insects. Wellington, N.Z.: Ferguson & Osborn. p. 99. OCLC 154155584.
- ^ a b c Gaskin, D. E. (1975). "Revision of the New Zealand Crambini (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae: Crambinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 2 (3): 265–363. doi:10.1080/03014223.1975.9517878.
- ^ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 457. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
- ^ a b c Patrick, B. H.; Dugdale., J. S. (2000). Conservation status of the New Zealand Lepidoptera (PDF). Vol. 136. p. 28. ISBN 978-0478218671. ISSN 1173-2946. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-05-01. Retrieved 2018-06-02 – via Department of Conservation.
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