Biology:Deana

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Short description: Genus of moths
See also: Deanna

Deana
Deana hybreasalis female.jpg
Female
Deana hybreasalis male.jpg
Male
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Tribe: Udeini
Genus: Deana
Species:
D. hybreasalis
Binomial name
Deana hybreasalis
(Walker, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Generic
    • Adena Walker, 1863
    • Nesarcha Meyrick, 1884
  • Specific
    • Scopula hybreasalis Walker, 1859
    • Scopula pareonalis Walker, 1859
    • Adena xanthialis Walker, 1863
    • Nesarcha hybrealis (Walker, 1863)

Deana is a monotypic moth genus of the family Crambidae described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1859.[1] It contains only one species, Deana hybreasalis,[2] which is endemic to New Zealand.[3][4]

The larvae feed on various liana species, including Clematis species (Ranunculaceae).[5]

References

  1. Gordon, Dennis P., ed (2010). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. 2 Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714. 
  2. "Deana Butler, 1879". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/0a174970-46ae-4878-b483-22e0ef798bea. 
  3. "Deana hybreasalis (Walker, 1859)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/550acdab-b910-416a-9bcd-086ce9f8214a. Retrieved 22 January 2018. 
  4. Savela, Markku. "Deana Butler, 1879". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pyraloidea/crambidae/pyraustinae/deana/. Retrieved 6 April 2018. 
  5. Patrick, Hamish J.H.; Bowie, Mike H.; Fox, Barry W.; Patrick, Brian H. (2011). "The moths of Quail Island (Ōtamahua): a faunal comparison of an island under restoration with other sites on Banks Peninsula". New Zealand National Sciences 36: 57–72. http://www.science.canterbury.ac.nz/nzns/issues/vol36-2011/patrick.pdf. Retrieved 22 January 2018. 

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