Tingena collitella
Species of moth, endemic to New Zealand
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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.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Oecophoridae |
| Genus: | Tingena |
| Species: | T. collitella |
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| Tingena collitella | |
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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]
