Tinea atmogramma

Tinea atmogramma is a species of moth in the family Tineidae.[2] It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1927.[3] However the placement of this species within the genus Tinea is in doubt.[1] As a result, this species has been referred to as Tinea (s.l.) atmogramma.[2] This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Tinea atmogramma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Division:
Ditrysia
Family:
Tineidae
Subfamily:
Tineinae
Genus:
Tinea
Species:
T. atmogramma
Binomial name
Tinea atmogramma

The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings are dark grey, irregularly mixed and suffused with black and with an oblique obtusely angulated whitish stria near the base, as well as three irregular angulated fasciae of two or three suffused white striae each, before and beyond the middle and at four-fifths, the first forming an irregular white spot on the dorsum, the third forming a distinct white dot at the tornus. There are several white dots on the margin around the apex. The hindwings are dark purplish-grey, with an indistinct blackish-sub-basal shade.[4]

References
  1. "Tinea atmogramma Meyrick, 1927". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  2. 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. 464. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 65. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  4. Meyrick, Edward (1927). "Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 58: 313–316 – via National Library of New Zealand.


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