Atomotricha prospiciens
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Atomotricha
Species:
A. prospiciens
Binomial name
Atomotricha prospiciens
Meyrick, 1924

Atomotricha prospiciens is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1924.[1] It is endemic to New Zealand and has been observed in Fiordland and the Milford Sound. Adults of this species have been observed from October to December.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick using one specimen collected at the Pompolona Huts, on the Milford Track in Fiordland in December by C. E. Clarke.[2][3][4] The male holotype specimen is held at the Natural History Museum, London.[3]

Description

Meyrick described this species as follows:

♂. 20mm. Head and thorax ochreous-whitish, shoulders more ochreous . Palpi ochreous-whitish, towards base irrorated dark fuscous. Forewings elongate, termen very obliquely rounded ; ochreous-whitish partially suffused pale yellow-ochreous and sprinkled fuscous, dorsal area more whitish ; a thick streak of dark-fuscous suffusion from base of costa along fold to near middle of wing, with a blackish dot at its apex and one on its lower edge at 1⁄4 of wing, fold beyond this suffused white to near tornus ; discal stigmata represented by circles of brown suffusion of the white upper half is mixed blackish, these connected by a curved white streak, beyond second a blotch of white suffusion, above and before second some fuscous suffusion extending to costa ; a dark-fuscous line from near costa near at 3⁄4 to near tornus, angulated in middle and zigzag above this, connected with costa by a spot of brownish suffusion ; some brownish suffusion along upper part of termen : cilia whitish-ochreous, base white. Hingwings and cilia ochreous-whitish.[2]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[5] As well as the Milford Track in Fiordland, A. prospiciens has been observed in Eglinton Valley, in the Milford Sound.[6][7]

Behaviour

The adults of this species are on the wing from October to December.[4]

References

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  1. ↑ 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.
  2. 1 2 Susan Giorgi-Coll; Ana I Amaral; Peter J A Hutchinson; Mark R Kotter; Keri L. Carpenter (21 April 2017). "Succinate supplementation improves metabolic performance of mixed glial cell cultures with mitochondrial dysfunction". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 662. doi:10.1038/S41598-017-01149-W. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5430749. PMID 28432362. Wikidata Q33682527.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 289, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  5. ↑ "Atomotricha prospiciens Meyrick, 1924". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  6. ↑ George Vernon Hudson (1939), A supplement to the butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 451, OCLC 9742724, Wikidata Q109420935
  7. ↑ Charles E. Clarke (February 1933). "The Lepidoptera of the Te Anau-Manapouri Lakes Districts". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 63 (2): 112–132. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q62934927.
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