Biology:Tingena collitella
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Short description: Species of moth, endemic to New Zealand
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. collitella
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| Tingena collitella (Walker, 1864)[1]
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Tingena collitella is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae.[2] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.
Taxonomy
It was described by Francis Walker in 1864 and named Gelechia collitella.[3] In 1884 Edward Meyrick stated he thought this species might be a form of what is now known as T. griseata.[4] In 1926 Alfred Philpott discussed the species under the name Borkhausenia collitella.[5] In 1988 John S. Dugdale assigned this species to the genus Tingena.[2] The holotype specimen, collected in Auckland, is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[2]
Description
Walker described this species as follows:
Male. Pale cinereous. Head, thorax and fore wings slightly tinged with fawn-colour. Palpi smooth, much longer than the breadth of the head ; third joint setiform, much shorter than the second. Antennae extremely minutely setulose and moniliform, much shorter than the fore wings. Legs rather stout. Wings rather broad ; fringe moderately long. Fore wings slightly rounded at the tips, speckled with fawn-colour, with some brown marks ; a few of these before the middle ; a larger one in the exterior disk and a still larger one on the costa near the tip ; fringe partly tinged with brown ; exterior border very oblique. Length of the body 3 lines ; of the wings 8 lines.[3]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Auckland.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 , pp. 462, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 , pp. 99, Wikidata Q45083134
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Walker, Francis (1864). "Tineites" (in en). List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum 29: 563–835. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38948235.
- ↑ , pp. 47, Wikidata Q63976486
- ↑ , Wikidata Q110157185
Wikidata ☰ Q13860101 entry
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