Trachypepla nimbosa

Trachypepla nimbosa is a species of moth in the family Oecophoridae. It is endemic to New Zealand. This species is classified as "Data Deficient" by the Department of Conservation. This species is only known from its holotype specimen.

Trachypepla nimbosa
Male holotype
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Trachypepla
Species:
T. nimbosa
Binomial name
Trachypepla nimbosa

Taxonomy

This species was described by Alfred Philpott in 1930 using a male specimen collected by Charles E. Clarke at Kauri Gully, Birkenhead on 13 January 1919.[2][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 Auckland War Memorial Museum.[3]

Description

Philpott described this species as follows:

♂︎, 12 mm. Head and thorax purplish fuscous ; face mixed with ochreous. Palpi bright ochreous mixed with blackish, apex of terminal segment black. Antennae fuscous annulated with ochreous, ciliations in ♂︎2. Abdomen light purplish fuscous. Legs greyish fuscous mixed with ochreous, tarsi annulated with bright ochreous. Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex rounded, termen rounded, oblique ; dark fuscous with some whitish ochreous admixture ; scale-tufts blackish tipped with ochreous (a basal one and plical and first discal spots) ; an obscure costa before apex : fringes concolorous with wing, but with faint darker basal line. Hindwings dark brownish fuscous : fringes dark fuscous with darker basal line.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][5] This species has only been collected once the type locality of Kauri Gully.[6]

Biology and behaviour

The adult of this species is on the wing in January.[4]

Conservation status

This species has been classified as having the "Data Deficient" conservation status under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[7]

References
  1. "Trachypepla nimbosa Philpott, 1930". www.nzor.org.nz. Landcare Research New Zealand Ltd. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  2. Philpott, Alfred (1930). "New species of Lepidoptera in the collection of the Auckland Museum". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 1: 1–16.
  3. Dugdale, J. S. (1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa" (PDF). Fauna of New Zealand. 14: 1–269. ISBN 0477025188. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  4. Hudson, G. V. (1939). A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand. Wellington: Ferguson & Osborn Ltd. pp. 449–450. OCLC 221041540. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  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. 462. ISBN 9781877257933. OCLC 973607714.
  6. "NZTCS Lepidoptera Spreadsheet". www.doc.govt.nz. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  7. Hoare, R.J.B.; Dugdale, J.S.; Edwards, E.D.; Gibbs, G.W.; Patrick, B.H.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Rolfe, J.R. (2017). "Conservation status of New Zealand butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera), 2015" (PDF). New Zealand Threat Classification Series. 20: 5.
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