Sabatinca heighwayi

Sabatinca heighwayi is a species of moth belonging to the family Micropterigidae.[1] It was described by Alfred Philpott in 1927 and is endemic to New Zealand.[2][3]

Sabatinca heighwayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Micropterigidae
Genus:
Sabatinca
Species:
S. heighwayi
Binomial name
Sabatinca heighwayi
Philpott, 1927

Adults were found in November.

Original description

Wingspan 13.5 mm for females. Head covered with dense long hair reaching beyond 1/2 of antennae, light tawny. Antennae bright brown, tips black. Thorax tawny, densely long-haired. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs ochreous, tarsi banded with fuscous. Forewings long, costa strongly arched at base, apex round-pointed, termen very oblique; shining brassy; fasciae ivory-yellow with pink reflections; three equidistant complete curved fasciae between base and 1/2; at 3/4 a fascia interrupted below middle; between 1/2 and 3/4 a fascia indicated by marks on costa and dorsum; two fasciae near apex, broadly interrupted at middle; all fasciae are here and there margined with blackish; an obscure reddish shade commences in disc at third fascia and runs to apex; fringes pinkish-brown obscurely barred with pale yellow. Hindwings metallic violet, paler near base; fringes fuscous with some yellow at middle of termen.

Host

The host of the larvae of this species is the foliose liverwort Plagiochila circumdentata.[1]

References
  1. Gibbs, George W. "Fauna of New Zealand 72: Micropterigidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Manaaki Whenua - Landcare Research. doi:10.7931/j2/fnz.72. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  2. "Sabatinca heighwayi Philpott, 1927". www.nkis.info. Retrieved 2018-03-29.
  3. "Sabatinca heighwayi Philpott, 1927". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-03-29.


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