Biology:Heterocrossa cryodana

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Short description: Species of moth

Heterocrossa cryodana
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Carposinidae
Genus: Heterocrossa
Species:
H. cryodana
Binomial name
Heterocrossa cryodana
Meyrick, 1885[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Carposina cryodana (Meyrick, 1885)

Heterocrossa cryodana is a species of moth in the family Carposinidae. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found in the southern parts of the South Island as well as at Codfish Island / Whenua Hou. This moth is associated with plants in the Leptospermum genus. Adults are on the wing from September until January.

Taxonomy

This species was described by Edward Meyrick in 1885 using material collected in Dunedin and named Heterocrossa cryodana.[3][4] In 1922 Meyrick synonymised Heterocrossa with Carposina.[5][6] George Hudson, in his 1928 publication The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand, discusses this species under the name Carposina cryodana.[7] Alfred Philpott studied the male genitalia of this species in 1928.[8] In 1978 Elwood Zimmerman argued that the genus Heterocrassa should not be a synonym of Carposina as the genitalia of the species within the genus Heterocrassa are distinctive.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned the species back to the genus Heterocrossa.[2] The lectotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]

Description

Illustration of female.
Illustration of male.

This species was described by Meyrick as follows:

Male, female. — 16-17 mm. Head and thorax white, slightly speckled with grey. Palpi in male moderate, in female long; lower half dark fuscous, upper half white. Antennae whitish. Abdomen and legs ochreous-whitish, anterior and middle pair dark fuscous except apex of joints. Fore-wings elongate, narrow, tolerably oblong, costa moderately arched, apex round-pointed, hindmargin straight, very oblique; white, densely irrorated with pale fuscous-grey; a short black streak from base beneath costa; tufts preceded by a few black scales; sometimes a thick irregular blackish longitudinal streak in disc, extending from ​14—​23; cilia white, densely irrorated with pale grey. Hindwings grey-whitish; cilia whitish.[4]

This species can be distinguished from other species in the same genus by the short black subcostal streak.[4]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][9] It has been collected in Dunedin and Invercargill and Codfish Island / Whenua Hou.[7][10]

Biology and behaviour

Associated plant in the genus Leptospermum.

This species is on the wing in September until January.[7][11][12] It is associated with Leptospermum species.[7] Larvae of the species have been found on fruits.[10]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Heterocrossa cryodana Meyrick, 1885". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/fc3310ff-2d7a-475f-aa47-a7dc90a89710. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand 14: 1–269. ISBN 0477025188. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0017/26324/FNZ14Dugdale1988.pdf. Retrieved 10 June 2018. 
  3. Meyrick, Edward (1885). "Tortricina (supplementary). Additions to former paper. Abstract.". New Zealand Journal of Science (Dunedin) 2: 348–349. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41863432. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 , pp. 148-149 , Wikidata Q110920492
  5. 5.0 5.1 Zimmerman, Elwood (1978). Insects of Hawaii.. 9. Hawaii: University of Hawaii Press. pp. 797. ISBN 9780824804879. 
  6. Meyrick, Edward (1922). "Lepidoptera Heterocera Fam. Carposinidiae". Genera Insectorum fasc.176–180: 1–235. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33809483. 
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 , pp. 217 , Wikidata Q58593286 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  8. Philpott, Alfred (1928). "The male genitalia of the New Zealand Carposinidae". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 59: 476–480. http://rsnz.natlib.govt.nz/volume/rsnz_59/rsnz_59_03_004770.pdf. 
  9. , p. 457 , Wikidata Q45922947
  10. 10.0 10.1  , Wikidata Q110875754
  11.  , Wikidata Q105342215
  12. "Heterocrossa cryodana" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/390445-Heterocrossa-cryodana. 

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