Biology:Notoreas ischnocyma

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Short description: Species of moth

Notoreas ischnocyma
Notoreas ischnocyma female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Geometridae
Genus: Notoreas
Species:
N. ischnocyma
Binomial name
Notoreas ischnocyma
Meyrick, 1905[1]

Notoreas ischnocyma is a species of moth in the family Geometridae. This species is endemic to New Zealand. This species is found in Canterbury and Otago.

Taxonomy

New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (1898) plate 8 fig 27

Notoreas ischnocyma was described by Edward Meyrick in 1905 using material collected at Castle Hill by George Hudson at an elevation of 1700 meters.[1][2] Hudson had previously illustrated the specimen in his 1898 book New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera) but had included it within the species N. isoleuca.[3][4] Hudson subsequently agreed with Meyrick and discussed and illustrated this species under the new species name in The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand.[5]

The genus Notoreas was reviewed in 1986 by R. C. Craw and the placement of this species within it was confirmed.[6] However species within the genus Notoreas are currently regarded as being in need of revision.[7] The holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]

Description

Meyrick described the species as follows:

♂︎. 20 mm. Head and thorax dark fuscous. Fore-wings triangular, costa slightly arched, termen obliquely rounded; dark fuscous, with some scattered yellow-whitish scales; subbasal, first, median,second, and subterminal lines slender, whitish, subbasal straight, first nearly straight, somewhat irregular, median indistinct, curved outwards in disc, second waved throughout, angulated in middle, indented beneath middle, subterminal irregularly waved: cilia white, basal half barred with dark fuscous. Hind-wings with ground colour, median, second, and subterminal lines, and cilia as in fore-wings.[2]

N. ischnocyma can be distinguished from similar species by the slender second wavy line on its forewings.[2][5]

Distribution

Castle Hill

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[8][9] Other than the type locality of Castle Hill, N. ischnocyma has also been found in the Hawkdun and the Dansey ecological districts in Otago.[10][11]

Biology and behaviour

This day flying species is on the wing in December and January.[5][11]

Habitat and host species

This species inhabits high alpine stunted vegetation and herb fields.[5][11] Larvae of species within the genus Notoreas feed exclusively on plants within the genera Pimelea and Kelleria.[12]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Notoreas ischnocyma Meyrick, 1905". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/5e755b95-0b44-44e7-b83c-eab4c5078671. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Meyrick, Edward (1905). "Notes on New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1905: 219–244. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14788041. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dugdale, John S. (1988-09-23). Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa. 14. 1–264. ISBN 978-0-477-02518-8. https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/49008/FNZ14Dugdale1988150.pdf. Retrieved 2018-12-09. 
  4. Hudson, G. V. (1898). New Zealand Moths and Butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co.. pp. plate viii fig. 27. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32466. OCLC 727236768. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23760188. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Hudson, G. V. (1928). The Butterflies and Moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd.. pp. 126. OCLC 25449322. http://www.bugz.org.nz/WebForms/ResultDetails.aspx?CurrentDoc=C7E94865-492F-45DA-9777-CC8E1E8B1438&back=true&NewDoc=true&searchType=1&SearchString=G.V.+Hudson. 
  6. Craw, R.C. (5 January 2012). "Review of the genus Notoreas (sensu auctorum) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 13 (1): 131–140. doi:10.1080/03014223.1986.10422654. 
  7. Hoare, R. J. B; Rhode, B.E.; Emmerson, A.W. (2011). "Larger moths of New Zealand: Image gallery and online guide". https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/large-moths/notes-on-families-and-subfamilies-of-larger-moths-included-in-this-guide. 
  8. , p. 460 , Wikidata Q45922947
  9. "Notoreas ischnocyma Meyrick, 1905". Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/5e755b95-0b44-44e7-b83c-eab4c5078671. 
  10. Patrick, Brian H. (1994). Hawkdun Ecological District invertebrate survey. 0113-3713. 64. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Conservation. ISBN 978-0478015539. OCLC 53885579. 
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Patrick, Brian H. (1991). Insects of the Dansey ecological district. Wellington [N.Z.]: Department of Conservation. pp. 7, 18. ISBN 978-0478012859. OCLC 154612987. https://www.doc.govt.nz/globalassets/documents/science-and-technical/sr32.pdf. 
  12. Patrick, BH; Hoare, RJB; Rhode, BE (December 2010). "Taxonomy and conservation of allopatric moth populations: a revisionary study of the Notoreas perornata Walker complex (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae), with special reference to southern New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Zoology 37 (4): 257–283. doi:10.1080/03014223.2010.511127. 

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