Campbellana

Campbellana is a genus of moths of the Carposinidae family, containing only one species, Campbellana attenuata. This species is endemic to the Campbell Islands of New Zealand.

Campbellana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Carposinidae
Genus:
Campbellana

Salmon & Bradley, 1956
Species:
C. attenuata
Binomial name
Campbellana attenuata
Salmon and Bradley, 1956[1]

Taxonomy
Campbell Island landscape

C. attenuata was described by J. T. Salmon and J. D. Bradley in 1956 using material collected by J. H. Sorensen at Campbell Island in August.[2] The holotype is held at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.[3]

Description

C. attenuata is described by Salmon and Bradley as follows:

Expanse of the fore wings, 13 mm. Head, thorax, and fore wing medium to dark brown in the female, paler and with scattered pale ochreous scales and crest of ochreous on top of the head in the male ; antennae of female filiform, pale ochreous to creamy white, that of the male dark brown with the flagellum clothed by open whorls of extremely long fine hairs. Labial palpus pale fawn darkening to brown on terminal segment. The ventral surface and legs are paler in both sexes. Fore wings much reduced and tapering from base to apex as a long attenuated filament. Hind wings vestigial. Cilia absent from both fore and hind wings.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[4][5] It is only found at Campbell Island.[2][6]

Habitat

C. attenuata prefers tussock habitat.[2]

Behaviour

This species jumps similar to a grasshopper.[2]

References
  1. "Campbellana attenuata Salmon & Bradley, 1956". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
  2. Salmon, J.T.; Bradley, J.D. (1956). "Lepidoptera from the Cape expedition and Antipodes Islands". Records of the Dominion Museum. 3 (1): 61–81.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14. pp. 1–269. ISBN 978-0477025188. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  4. "Campbellana Salmon & Bradley, 1956". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2017-01-20.
  5. Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume two. Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. Christchurch, N.Z.: Canterbury University Press. p. 457. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  6. Patrick, Brian (1994-03-01). "Antipodes Island Lepidoptera". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24 (1): 114. doi:10.1080/03014223.1994.9517457. ISSN 0303-6758.


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