Biology:Tmetolophota sulcana
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Tmetolophota sulcana is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]
Taxonomy
It was described by Richard William Fereday in 1880.[2] In 2019 Robert J. B. Hoare undertook a major review of New Zealand noctuids. Hoare, having inspected the type material of this species, placed it within the genus Ichneutica.[3]
Description
Hudson described T. sulcana as follows:
The expansion of the wings is from 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches. The fore-wings are light ochreous with the veins white; there is a shaded, brownish, longitudinal streak near the apex, another from the end of the cell to the termen, a stronger streak from the base of the wing to near the tornus, and another along the dorsum; there is a minute black dot near the base above the middle, a slightly larger dot at about one-third, a conspicuous dot between the origins of veins 3 and 4, and a very minute dot on vein 6. Hind-wings dark blackish-grey, cilia paler.[4]
Distribution
T. sulcana are fairly common and are found throughout New Zealand.[5]
Habitat
Adults of this species are on the wing from November to March and prefer native grass, shrub and wetlands as well as native forest.[5]
References
- ↑ "Tmetolophota sulcana (Fereday, 1880)". Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. http://www.nzor.org.nz/names/74555e22-1405-4b88-8ab6-4cbf4bd1f439.
- ↑ Fereday, R. W. (1880). "Description of a (?) new species of the family Leucanidae, and a (?) new species of the genus (?) Chlenias." (in en). Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute v.12 (1879): 267–270. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34588330.
- ↑ Hoare, Robert J. B. (2019-12-09). "Noctuinae (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) part 2: Nivetica, Ichneutica". Fauna of New Zealand 80: 1–455. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.80. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94481265.
- ↑ Hudson, G.V. (1898). New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera). London: West, Newman & co.. pp. 13. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.32466. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/23760146.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hoare, Robert J. B. (2014). A photographic guide to moths & butterflies of New Zealand. Ball, Olivier.. Auckland: New Holland Publishers (NZ) Ltd.. pp. 130. ISBN 9781869663995. OCLC 891672034. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/891672034.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: New Zealand moths and butterflies (Macro-lepidoptera), by George Vernon Hudson (1898)
Wikidata ☰ Q13624161 entry
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