Atomotricha
Atomotricha isogama
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Subfamily: Oecophorinae
Genus: Atomotricha
Meyrick, 1883
Type species
Atomotricha ommatias
Meyrick, 1883
Synonyms[1]
  • Brachysara Meyrick, 1883

Atomotricha is a genus of moths of the family Oecophoridae.[2] The species in this genus are endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This genus was circumscribed in 1883 by Edward Meyrick.[1][3] Meyrick went on to describe this genus in a later 1883 publication.[4] The type species is A. ommatias.[2]

Description

Meyrick described this genus as follows:

Antennae in ♂ moderate, with fine long ciliations (5), six at apex of each joint, basal joint with strong pecten. Palpi rather long, second joint exceeding base of antennae, densely scaled, somewhat rough beneath, terminal joint shorter than second, slender, recurved. Thorax smooth. Forewings elongate, surface with tufts of raised scales. Hindwings as broad as forewings, elongate-ovate, hind margin rounded, cilia 3⁄5. Wings of ♀ abbreviated, incapable of flight. Forewings with vein 7 to apex, 2 from hardly before angle. Hindwings normal.[4]

In many species in this genus the adult females are brachypterous and are incapable of flight.[5] The markings and colouration can also be extremely variable within a species.[5]

Distribution

The species within this genus are all endemic to New Zealand.[6]

Species

Atomotricha chloronota.

As of 2010, it consists of the following species:[7][1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Atomotricha Meyrick, 1883 - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. 1 2 John Stewart Dugdale (23 September 1988). "Lepidoptera - annotated catalogue, and keys to family-group taxa". Fauna of New Zealand. Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. 14: 90. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ E. Meyrick (1883). "Descriptions of Australian Microlepidoptera. VIII. Oecophoridae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 7: 423. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.22763. ISSN 0370-047X. Wikidata Q56012086.
  4. 1 2 E. Meyrick (1883). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 8: 324–325. doi:10.5962/BHL.PART.28660. ISSN 0370-047X. Wikidata Q56015261.
  5. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 287, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  6. ↑ "Atomotricha Meyrick, 1883". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-04-30.
  7. ↑ Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia: chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 462. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.



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