Glaphyrarcha
Glaphyrarcha is a genus of moths in the family Carposinidae. It contains only one species Glaphyrarcha euthrepta. This species is endemic to New Zealand.
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Species: | G. euthrepta |
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Taxonomy
G. euthrepta was described by Edward Meyrick in 1938 using material collected at Arthur's Pass by Mr R. Scott.[1][3] George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1939 book A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[4] The holotype specimen is held at the Canterbury Museum.[1]
Description
G. euthrepta has a wingspan of about 43 mm. The head, palpi and thorax are ochreous-brown and the face is pale ochreous. The forewings are very elongate-triangular, the costa moderately arched, the apex obtuse and the termen rather obliquely rounded. They are brownish-ochreous with some scattered extremely minute fuscous specks. There is a short fuscous darker-irrorated (sprinkled) streak running along the base of the costa and a small dark fuscous dot in the disc. There is also a fuscous dot at end of the cell and two or three indistinct dots of dark fuscous irroration towards the termen in the middle as well as a terminal series of indistinct dark fuscous dots or marks. The hindwings and cilia are grey-whitish.[3]
Distribution
G. euthrepta is endemic to New Zealand.[2][5] It has been collected at Arthur's Pass.[1]
Biology and behaviour
This species is attracted to light and the holotype was originally collected by Scott after it entered his house at night.[4] G. euthrepta is on the wing in early November.[4] G. euthrepta has a typical carposinid posture at rest with its wings scarcely overlapping and held largely flat.[6]
References
- Dugdale, J. S. (1988). Lepidoptera – annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14. pp. 1–264. ISBN 978-0-477-02518-8. ISSN 0111-5383 – via Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd.
- "Glaphyrarcha euthrepta Meyrick, 1938". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 20 January 2017.
- Meyrick, Edward (1938). "New species of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 67: 426–429.
- Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. p. 455. OCLC 221041540. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- 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.
- Dugdale, J. S. (January 1995). "A new genus and species of New Zealand Carposinidae (Lepidoptera)". New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 22 (2): 213–216. doi:10.1080/03014223.1995.9518036.