Biology:Mallobathra aphrosticha
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Psychidae |
| Genus: | Mallobathra |
| Species: | M. aphrosticha
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| Binomial name | |
| Mallobathra aphrosticha Meyrick, 1912[1]
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Mallobathra aphrosticha is a moth of the family Psychidae.[1][2] This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been collected in Fiordland, Otago and Southland. The adults are on the wing in December and the female is semi-apterous.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1912 and named Telapora aphrostcha, a misspelling in the original publication.[3][2] He used specimens collected by Alfred Philpott at Hump Ridge in Fiordland at an altitude of 3500 ft.[4] Not long after publication, the spelling of aphrosticha was used in scientific literature to refer to this species.[4] Dugdale discussed this misspelling stating that the appropriate spelling of the species name is aphrositcha as indicated by Mayrick's handwriting on a specimen label.[2] In 1971 this species was placed within the genus Mallobathra.[5] This name was confirmed by the New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity.[1]
Description
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Meyrick described the adults of this species as follows:
♂ 22 mm. Head, palpi, and antennae dark fuscous, antennal ciliations 2 1⁄2. Thorax dark fuscous, with several whitish dots posteriorly. Abdomen dark grey, somewhat whitish-mixed. Forewings elongate, rather narrow at base, posteriorly dilated, costa gently arched, apex obtuse, termen obliquely rounded ; all veins separate ; white, mixed with grey in disc and towards costa, coarsely reticulated throughout with dark fuscous ; the white colour forms a more conspicuous quadrate spot on dorsum before middle, including a dark - fuscous dorsal strigula, and preceded and followed by irregular dark-fuscous spots : cilia fuscous, basal half spotted with white. Hindwings dark grey ; cilia fuscous. ♀ apterous, active.[3]
The female of this species is semi-apterous.[4]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1] It has been collected in Fiordland, Otago and Southland.[5][6][7]
Behaviour
This species is on the wing in December.[4]
References
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 , pp. 463, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 , pp. 68, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 , pp. 123, Wikidata Q109393380
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 , pp. 271, Wikidata Q110093593
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 , pp. 139, Wikidata Q64006453
- ↑ , pp. 271, Wikidata Q63958657
- ↑ "Mallobathra aphrosticha". 2021. https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/collections-research/collections/record/am_naturalsciences-object-137716.
Wikidata ☰ Q21326339 entry
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