Elachista archaeonoma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. archaeonoma
Binomial name
Elachista archaeonoma
Synonyms[2]
  • Cosmiotes archaeonoma (Meyrick, 1889)

Elachista archaeonoma is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae.[1][2][3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. It is endemic to New Zealand.

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 and named Elachista archaeonoma.[4] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5]

Description

Hudson described this species as follows:

The expansion of the wings is about five-sixteenths of an inch. The fore-wings of the male are dark grey densely speckled with paler grey; there are two dull white marks a little before the middle followed by two blackish spots placed on the costa and dorsum and a blackish streak in the disc; there is a marginal series of black dots. The hind-wings are dark grey. In the female the fore-wings are white sprinkled with brown from the base to beyond 4; there is a large blackish-brown blotch near the middle and a smaller blotch at the apex, the two being connected by a slender line in the disc; a number of large black seales is situated on the cilia. The hind-wings are very pale grey.[5]

Distribution

This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6]

Behaviour

Adults have been recorded on wing in December and January.

Host species

The larvae of this species are grass leaf miners.[7]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Gordon, Dennis P., ed. (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: Kingdom animalia : chaetognatha, ecdysozoa, ichnofossils. Vol. 2. p. 463. ISBN 978-1-877257-93-3. OCLC 973607714. OL 25288394M. Wikidata Q45922947.
  2. 1 2 Lauri Kaila (April 1999). "Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)". Systematic Entomology. 24 (2): 139–169. doi:10.1046/J.1365-3113.1999.00069.X. ISSN 0307-6970. Wikidata Q54487862.
  3. ↑ Lauri Kaila (11 July 2019). "An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)". Zootaxa. 4632 (1): 1–231. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4632.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 31712495. Wikidata Q86984314.
  4. ↑ Edward Meyrick (May 1889). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 21: 179. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q56065895.
  5. 1 2 George Vernon Hudson (1928), The butterflies and moths of New Zealand, Illustrator: George Hudson, Wellington: Ferguson and Osborn Limited, p. 351, LCCN 88133764, OCLC 25449322, Wikidata Q58593286
  6. ↑ "Elachista". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
  7. ↑ "Elachista archaeonoma (Meyrick, 1889) Herbivore Report". plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Retrieved 28 July 2019.


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