Gymnobathra callixyla
Male lectotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Oecophoridae
Genus: Gymnobathra
Species:
G. callixyla
Binomial name
Gymnobathra callixyla
(Meyrick, 1888)[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Leptosaces callixyla Meyrick, 1888
  • Cryptolechia callixyla (Meyrick, 1888)

Gymnobathra callixyla is a moth in the family Oecophoridae first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[3][2] It is endemic to New Zealand.[1]

Taxonomy

This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1888 and named Leptosaces callixyla.[4] in 1915 Meyrick placed this species within the genus Cryptolechia.[5] In 1988 J. S. Dugdale placed this species in the genus Gymnobathra.[2] However it has been hypothesised that this species probably belongs in a different genus.[1]

Description

The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The forewings are rather dark fuscous, strewn with yellow-ochreous scales, in female suffused with yellow-ochreous towards the inner margin. There is a longitudinal yellow-ochreous streak in disc from one-third to three-fourths, in females extended to the base. There is a cloudy dark fuscous dot on this streak at one-third, a second beyond the middle and a third on the fold obliquely beyond the first. There is a yellow-ochreous transverse line, in males ill-defined, from four-fifths of the costa to the anal angle, sharply angulated in the middle, indented beneath the costa. There is an irregular yellow-ochreous hindmarginal line. The hindwings are grey. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.[4]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 "Gymnobathra callixyla (Meyrick, 1888)". www.nzor.org.nz. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
  2. 1 2 3 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: 92. doi:10.7931/J2/FNZ.14. ISSN 0111-5383. Wikidata Q45083134.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. 1 2 E. Meyrick (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 20: 78. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63125188.
  5. ↑ E. Meyrick (12 July 1915). "Revision of New Zealand Tineina". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 47: 220. ISSN 1176-6158. Wikidata Q63123349.
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